2012/01/31 by K. G. Sandeman, Karl G. Sandeman · 1 citation
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Engineering #Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials #Magnet #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Magnetic field #Magnetic refrigeration #Magnetization #Materials science #Mechanical engineering #Multiferroics and related materials #Nanotechnology #Phase transition #Physics #Refrigerant #Refrigeration #Thermodynamics #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.02.045
published as Scripta Materialia 67, 566-571 (2012) · 6 pages, 2 figures (both in colour). Section 2.2 on cooling power is an online Appendix in published version in Scripta Materialia. Version 5: corrected typo in the Figure 2 caption
openalex publication_date 2012/03/06 · arxiv created 2012/09/28 · arxiv updated 2012/10/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The prospect of efficient solid state refrigeration at room temperature is driving research into magnetic cooling engine design and magnetic phase transition-based refrigerants. In this Viewpoint an Ashby-style map of magnetic refrigerant properties is constructed, comparing popular materials with limits derived from an idealised first order transition model. This comparison demonstrates the potential for new magnetocaloric material systems to be established through structural control and optimisation at the atomic-, nano- and micro-scale.