The magnetocaloric effect and its most straightforward application, magnetic refrigeration,
are topics of current interest due to the potential improvement of energy efficiency of cooling …

Solid-state magnetic cooling near room temperature has recently gained a prominent
position among alternative cooling technologies that are deemed to have higher energy …

In the past 20 years, there has been a surge in research on the magnetocaloric response of
materials, due mainly to the possibility of applying this effect for magnetic refrigeration close …

Magnetocaloric materials with a Curie temperature near room temperature have attracted
significant interest for some time due to their possible application for high‐efficiency …

Magnetic Heusler alloys which undergo a martensitic transition display interesting functional
properties. In the present review, we survey the magnetocaloric effects of Ni–Mn-based …

Hysteresis features of the direct and inverse magnetocaloric effect associated with first-order
magnetostructural phase transitions in Ni-Mn-X (X= Ga, Sn) Heusler alloys have been …

Large magnetocaloric effects can be obtained in Ni-Mn-based Heusler alloys due to the
magnetostructural transition between martensite and austenite. This phase transformation …

Measurements of the adiabatic temperature change (ΔT) and the specific heat transfer (ΔQ)
of Ni 2.18 Mn 0.82 Ga Heusler alloy were taken in order to quantify the direct giant …

The temperature dependence of the elastocaloric (eC) effect in natural rubber (NR) has
been studied. This material exhibits a large eC effect over a broad temperature range from …

Nanocrystalline NiTi microwires exhibit stable superelastic effect and are highly potential as
elastocaloric materials. Here, nanocrystalline Ni 50.5 Ti 49.5 microwires of diameter 109 μm …