Universal Scaling of the Magnetocaloric Effect in 2D Ising Monolayers and Bilayer
Abstract
We report a Monte Carlo study of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in two-dimensional ferromagnetic Ising models on square, honeycomb, and triangular lattices with monolayer and bilayer configurations. Using Binder cumulant analysis, we determine the critical temperature () of each structure and find that increases with coordination number, from the honeycomb () to the triangular () lattice. In contrast, the magnetic entropy change () decreases with coordination number, reaching its maximum for the honeycomb lattice. After normalization by their peak values and appropriate temperature scaling, both and the field exponent collapse onto universal master curves for different magnetic fields and across all six lattice structures at a fixed low field. This demonstrates universal MCE scaling independent of coordination number and layer count. Critical scaling analysis further supports the observed universality and power-law behavior. Unlike , the adiabatic temperature change () increases with coordination number, whereas the magnetic Gr\"{u}neisen parameter () follows the same trend as . Although the peak value of decreases with coordination number, the relative cooling power and cooling capacity remain nearly unchanged due to compensating broadening of the curves. The field dependence of , relative cooling power, and cooling capacity follows power laws up to T (assuming meV). Hysteresis analysis shows that lattices with lower coordination numbers exhibit a faster reduction in loop width with increasing temperature. These results establish the universal scaling behavior of the magnetocaloric effect in two-dimensional monolayer and bilayer magnetic lattices and provide guidelines for designing magnetic refrigerants.
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@article{arxiv.2608.01811,
title = {Universal Scaling of the Magnetocaloric Effect in 2D Ising Monolayers and Bilayer},
author = {Basit Iqbal and Kingshuk Sarkar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.01811},
year = {2026}
}
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28 pages, 14 Figures