Calls to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and demands for higher energy efficiency
continue to drive research into alternative cooling and refrigeration technologies. The caloric …

Magnetically driven thermal changes in magnetocaloric materials have, for several decades,
been exploited to pump heat near room temperature. By contrast, their electrocaloric and …

High-entropy alloys (HEA) are of high current interest due to their unique and attractive
combination of structural, physical, chemical or magnetic properties. HEA comprise multiple …

Magnetocaloric refrigeration has remained a promising alternative to conventional
refrigeration for the last few decades. The delay in reaching the market is significantly based …

The extremely large latent heat exchanged in phase transitions involving strong molecular
orientational disordering has recently led to the proposal of plastic crystals as a feasible …

There is currently great interest in replacing the harmful volatile hydrofluorocarbon fluids
used in refrigeration and air-conditioning with solid materials that display magnetocaloric …

Emerging caloric cooling technology provides a green alternative to conventional vapor-
compression technology which brings about serious environmental problems. However, the …

Highlights Barocaloric methods offer the widest range among solid-state caloric materials
where to pick and choose. However, ideal barocaloric materials do not exist and a trade-off …

Barocaloric is the more recent among the caloric technologies employing solid-state
materials. The name derives from BaroCaloric Effect (BCE), the phenomenon responsible of …

The materials combining high-entropy alloys with good mechanical properties and magnetic
materials with a significant magnetocaloric effect are among the best candidates for …