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The large magnetocaloric effect (MCE) observed in Ni-Mn based shape-memory Heusler alloys put them forward to use in magnetic refrigeration technology. It is associated with a first-order magnetostructural (martensitic) phase transition. We…
The magnetic and magnetocaloric (MCE) properties were studied in a stuffed honeycomb antiferromagnet GdInO3 polycrystalline. No long-range magnetic ordering was observed with only a sharp upturn in the temperature dependent magnetization…
In the paper a study of a model magnetoelastic solid system is presented. The system of interest is a mean-field magnet with nearest-neighbour ferromagnetic interactions and the underlying s.c. crystalline lattice with the long-range Morse…
We report the structural, magnetic properties, and magnetocaloric effect of a new polycrystalline compound of $\mathrm{Tb_2Rh_3Ge}$. This present compound crystallizes with $\mathrm{Mg_2Ni_3Si}$-type of rhombohedral Laves phases (space…
We investigate the magnetocaloric effect (MCE), relative cooling power (RCP) and crystalline structure in Sb substituted CrTe_{1-x}Sb_{x} (0 \leq x \leq 0.2) alloy. The Rietveld refinement of the XRD pattern of CrTe1-xSbx showed the…
The magnetocaloric effect enables magnetic refrigeration and plays an important role for cooling at cryogenic temperatures, which is essential for emergent technologies such as hydrogen liquefaction and quantum computing. Here, we study the…
A remarkable decrease of the structural transition temperature of MnNiSi from 1200 K to <300 K by chemically alloying it with MnFeGe results in a coupling of the magnetic and structural transitions, leading to a large magnetocaloric effect…
We report a systematic investigation of anisotropic magnetocaloric effects in single crystal Cr$_2$Te$_3$. Single crystal samples are synthesized by chemical vapor transport and characterized by x-ray and Laue diffraction methods. The…
Large magnetocaloric effect has been observed in Mn3O4 around its ferrimagnetic transition at TN = 42.75 K. Field-induced isothermal entropy changes (\DeltaS) were derived from both magnetic and calorimetric techniques. The maximum…
The adiabatic temperature change ($\Delta T_{ad}$) of a magnetic refrigerant can be indirectly estimated through field ($H$) and temperature ($T$) dependent magnetization ($M$) and specific heat ($C_p$) measurements. A direct integration…
We describe magneto-, baro- and elastocaloric effects (MCEs, BCEs and eCEs) in materials which possess both discontinuous (first-order) and continuous (second-order) magnetic phase transitions. Our ab initio theory of the interacting…
Magnetocaloric materials, which exploit reversible temperature changes induced by magnetic field variations, are promising for advancing energy-efficient cooling technologies. The potential integration of two-dimensional materials into…
The ternary intermetallic RTX compounds (R = rare earth, T = transitional metal, X = p-block metal) have been investigated extensively in the past few decades due to their interesting physical properties. Recently, much attention has been…
We report the detailed investigation of the magnetic, transport, and magnetocaloric effects of GdSbSe by magnetic susceptibility $\chi(T)$, isothermal magnetization $M(H)$, resistivity $\rho(T, H)$, and heat capacity $C_p(T)$ measurements,…
In this work, we study the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in a working substance corresponding to a square lattice of spins with $Q$ possible orientations, known as the ``$Q$-state clock model". When the $Q$-state clock model has $Q\geq 5$…
The spinel NiCr$_2$O$_4$ is known to show a ferrimagnetic transition at $T_c = 70$~K, and magneto-structural transitions at $T_s = 30$~K and $T_o = 20$~K\@. We present a detailed magnetic and magnetocaloric effect (MCE $= -\Delta S_{M}(T)$)…
The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is the key concept to produce new, advanced, freon-like free, low cost and environmental friendly magnetic refrigerators. Among several potential materials, $Sm_{0.6}Sr_{0.4}MnO_3$ manganite presents one of…
Magnetocaloric effect in {[Fe(pyrazole)$_4$]$_2$[Nb(CN)$_8$]$\cdot$4H$_2$O}$_n$ molecular magnet is reported. It crystallizes in tetragonal I4$_1$/a space group. The compound exhibits a phase transition to a long range magnetically ordered…
We have experimentally investigated the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of a prototype spin-frustrated one-dimensional spin-chain system, the famous Haldane-chain system, R2BaNiO5 (R = Nd, Gd, Er, Dy). The significant MCE is observed far above…
Reactive single-step hot-pressing at 1473 K and 35 MPa for 4 h produces dense, bulk, near single-phase, low-cost and low-criticality Fe$_2$Al$_{1.15}$B$_2$ and Fe$_2$Al$_{1.1}$B$_2$Ge$_{0.05}$Ga$_{0.05}$ MAB samples, showing a second-order…