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Universal Scaling of the Magnetocaloric Effect in 2D Ising Monolayers and Bilayer

Statistical Mechanics 2026-08-03 v1

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 (TcT_c) of each structure and find that TcT_c increases with coordination number, from the honeycomb (r=3r=3) to the triangular (r=6r=6) lattice. In contrast, the magnetic entropy change (ΔSM-\Delta S_M) decreases with coordination number, reaching its maximum for the honeycomb lattice. After normalization by their peak values and appropriate temperature scaling, both ΔSM-\Delta S_M and the field exponent nn 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 ΔSM-\Delta S_M, the adiabatic temperature change (ΔTad\Delta T_{ad}) increases with coordination number, whereas the magnetic Gr\"{u}neisen parameter (ΓM\Gamma_M) follows the same trend as ΔSM-\Delta S_M. Although the peak value of ΔSM-\Delta S_M decreases with coordination number, the relative cooling power and cooling capacity remain nearly unchanged due to compensating broadening of the ΔSM-\Delta S_M curves. The field dependence of ΔSM-\Delta S_M, relative cooling power, and cooling capacity follows power laws up to 2.6\sim2.6 T (assuming J1J\approx1 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