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We report the observation of giant magneto-caloric effect (MCE) in ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs) of nominal compositions Ni$_2$Mn$_{1.36}$Sn$_{0.64-x}$Ga$_{x}$ ($x$ =0.24, 0.28 and 0.32). Irrespective of the Ga doping, all the…
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We present an investigation on the intermetallic compound formed by HoCuBi which has a monoclinic crystalline P2 structure with lattice parameters; a = 9:8012(26)A, b = 6:0647(6)A, c = 6:1663(13)A. In this report we performed an extensive…
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We report the effect of partial substitution of Dy-site by rare-earths (R=Gd, Er and La)on the magnetic and magnetocaloric behavior of a mixed metal oxide DyFe0.5Cr0.5O3.Structural studies reveal that substitution of Dy by R has a minimal…
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We report on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of a MnRhAs single crystal. The ternary arsenide exhibits a rather complex magnetic behaviour. A first order metamagnetic type transition from antiferromagnetic (AFI) to ferromagnetic…
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The isothermal entropy change and the adiabatic temperature change for the exactly solved spin-1/2 Fisher's super-exchange antiferromagnet are rigorously calculated in order to examine magnetocaloric properties of the model in a vicinity of…
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We have measured the dielectric constant and the pyroelectric current of orthorhombic (space group $Pbam$) NdCrTiO$_5$ polycrystalline samples. The dielectric constant and the pyroelectric current show features associated with ferroelectric…