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We report on the structural, magnetic, and magnetocaloric properties of polycrystalline (La0.5Pr0.5)0.6Ba0.4MnO3 (LPBMO), which was fabricated by a conventional solid-state reaction method. LPBMO undergoes a second-order paramagnetic to…
The large magnetocaloric effect (MCE), which accompanies the first order ferromagnetic/anti-ferromagnetic transition in CsCl-ordered Fe-Rh alloys, has been investigated by measurements in slowly cycled magnetic fields of up to 2 T in…
Magnetic and thermal properties of Ferromagnetic (FM) Ce_{2.15}(Pd_{1-x}Ag_x)_{1.95}In_{0.9} alloys were studied in order to determine the Quantum Critical Point (QCP) at T_C => 0. The increase of band electrons produced by Pd/Ag…
We present a comprehensive investigation of the electronic structure, magnetization, specific heat, and crystallography of TbSi (FeB structure type) and TbSi$_{0.6}$Ge$_{0.4}$ (CrB structure type) compounds. Both TbSi and…
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We report a detailed study of the magnetic properties of CeCo$_{0.85}$Fe$_{0.15}$Si under high magnetic fields (up to 16 Tesla) measuring different physical properties such as specific heat, magnetization, electrical resistivity, thermal…
In this paper, we report on the magnetocaloric properties of some selected multiferroic oxides, namely HoMn2O5 and La2(Ni,Co)MnO6 compounds which exhibit transition points from 10K up to almost room temperature. In order to avoid grain…
This work investigates the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in LaFe_{11.6}Si_{1.4} and LaFe_{11.78}Mn_{0.41}Si_{1.32}H_{1.6} alloys under adiabatic {\Delta}T and isothermal {\Delta}Q conditions in a magnetic field of {\mu}_{0}H = 1.8 T. The…
Magnetocaloric microwires are very promising for energy-efficient magnetic refrigeration in micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano electromechanical systems (NEMS). Creating microwires that exhibit large magnetocaloric effects…
We study the magnetocaloric effect and critical behavior of Co$_2$Cr$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$Al ($x=$ 0.25, 0.5, 0.75) Heusler alloys across the ferromagnetic (FM) transition (T$_{\rm C}$). The Rietveld refinement of x-ray diffraction patterns exhibit…
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…
The resistivity, magnetoresistance and in-field heat capacity measurements were performed on GdPt$_{2}$ intermetallic compound. The magnetocaloric parameters $\Delta T_{ad}$ and $-\Delta S$ were derived from the in-field heat capacity data.…
The magnetothermodynamics of strongly frustrated classical Heisenberg antiferromagnets on kagome, garnet, and pyrochlore lattices is examined. The field induced adiabatic temperature change (dT/dH)_S is significantly larger for such systems…
Heusler alloys are widely studied due to their interesting structural and magnetic properties, like magnetic memory shape ability, coupled magneto-structural phase transitions and half-metallicity; ruled, for many cases, by the valence…
Large magnetic entropy change (deltaSM) can realize a prominent heat transformation under the magnetic field and directly strengthen the efficacy of the magnetocaloric effect, which provides a pioneering environmentally friendly solid-state…
The magnetocaloric effect or "magnetic Gr\"uneisen ratio" $\Gamma_H=T^{-1}(dT/dH)_S$ quantifies the cooling or heating of a material when an applied magnetic field is changed under adiabatic conditions. Recently this property has attracted…
Polycrystalline Heusler compounds Ni2Mn0.75Cu0.25Ga0.84Al0.16 with a martensitic transition between ferromagnetic phases and Ni2Mn0.70Cu0.30Ga0.84Al0.16 with a magnetostructural transformation were investigated by magnetization and thermal…
The f-electron compound CeAuSb2, which crystallizes in the ZrCuSi2-type tetragonal structure, orders antiferromagnetically between 5 and 6.8 K, where the antiferromagnetic transition temperature T_N depends on the occupancy of the Au site.…
Measurements of the electric resistivity $\rho(T)$ under pressure up to 8 GPa were performed on high-quality single-crystals of the Yb-based heavy fermion system $\beta$-YbAlB$_4$ in the temperature range $2<T<$ 300 K. In the resistivity…
The effect of an external (electro)magnetic field on the finite temperature transition of QCD is studied. We generate configurations at various values of the quantized magnetic flux with $N_f=2+1$ flavors of stout smeared staggered quarks,…