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 …

Materials science is recognized as one of the main factors driving development and
economic growth. Since the silicon industrial revolution of the 1950s, research and …

Materials undergoing reversible solid-to-solid martensitic phase transformations are
desirable for applications in medical sensors and actuators, eco-friendly refrigerators, and …

Refrigeration is one of the main sinks of the German and European electricity consumption
and accordingly contributes to worldwide CO2 emissions. High reduction potentials are …

Thermal management technology based on the magnetocaloric effect offers several
advantages over conventional gas compression cooling. The efficiency of magnetic cooling …

In recent years examples of unprecedented functional and structural fatigue resistance and
lowered hysteresis in shape memory alloys have been achieved by combining conditions of …

A systematic study of the magnetic properties and both the temperature-and magnetic-field-
induced structural transformations in the Ni50− xCoxMn39Sn11 (0⩽ x⩽ 10) multifunctional …

TiNi‐based shape memory alloys (SMAs) attract a lot of attention from engineering and
biomedical fields because of their superior functional properties, such as their unique shape …

We report a giant effective magnetic refrigeration capacity in a Ni 40 Co 10 Mn 40 Sn 10
multifunctional alloy. With a large magnetization difference between austenite and …

We demonstrate a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using the
recently discovered multiferroic alloy, Ni45Co5Mn40Sn10 1. This alloy undergoes a low …