Conventional air conditioners and refrigerators rely on vapor-compression cycles and chemical refrigerants that contribute significantly to global warming. Magnetic refrigeration offers a cleaner ...

Artistic representation of the magnetic sawtooth structure of atacamite: The magnetic moments (green) of the Cu ions (white and blue) cannot be completely aligned antiparallel to each other due to the ...

The structure of CIT and its high Curie temperature, high magnetic saturation intensity, magnetocrystalline anisotropy and magnetocaloric effect properties. Another intriguing feature of CIT is its ...

The work was performed by the Department of Quantum Electronics and Radio Spectroscopy. Lithium gadolinium tetrafluoride, which is a transparent plate 4 by 4 mm in size and 0.1 mm in thickness, was ...

Natural crystals fascinate with their vibrant colors, their nearly flawless appearance and their manifold symmetrical forms. But researchers are interested in them for quite different reasons: Among ...

Published in Advanced Materials, the study highlights a significant leap forward in cooling technology. Conventional air conditioners and refrigerators rely on vapor-compression cycles and chemical ...

This research is significant as it explores alternatives to traditional rare-earth materials, which are often expensive and have supply chain vulnerabilities. The magnetocaloric effect, which is the ...