The need for energy‐efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration, heat pumping, air
conditioning, and thermal energy harvesting systems is currently more urgent than ever …

The discovery of giant caloric effects and further investigation on device systems that can
compete with current heat management technologies in terms of efficiency have led to a …

Layering magnetocaloric materials with different transition temperatures is an effective way
to improve the cooling performance of magnetic cooling systems. The optimum layering …

Magnetic refrigeration, based on the magnetocaloric effect, is an attractive alternative to the
conventional vapor-compression technology. In a solid state magnetic refrigerator the …

In the area of thermal management, thermal control elements (TCEs) and thermal control
circuits (TCCs) are proving to be innovative solutions to the challenges of temperature …

Compared to conventional vapor-compression refrigeration systems, magnetic refrigeration
is a promising and potential alternative technology. The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is used …

Although stationary models for thermal circuits have been widely used, a direct analogy of
transient responses of electric circuits to thermal systems is still difficult to establish. In this …

As an ecological alternative to the conventional refrigeration technology, magnetocaloric
refrigeration is still facing scientific and technological challenges hindering their application …

Thermal switches are advanced heat-management devices that represent a new opportunity
to improve the energy efficiency and power density of caloric devices. In this study we have …

From the experimental data of the isofield heat capacity of the MnFe-based magnetocaloric
materials, magnetic entropy change versus temperature characteristic curves are obtained …