Caloric effects in ferroic materials
- Leibniz Inst. for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden (Germany)
- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
The fundamentals and applications of ferroic materials$$-$$ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, and ferroelastic$$-$$are common subjects discussed in just about every graduate course related to functional materials. Looking beyond today’s traditional uses, such as in permanent magnets, capacitors, and shape-memory alloys, there are worthwhile and interesting questions common to the caloric properties of these ferroic materials. Can ferroic materials be used in a cooling cycle? Why are these materials susceptible to external fields? Which combination of properties is required to make some of them suitable for efficient cooling and heat pumping? We address these questions in this introduction to ferroic cooling, which comprises magnetocaloric, electrocaloric, elastocaloric and barocaloric approaches and combinations thereof (i.e., multicalorics). These are addressed in greater detail in the articles in this issue.
- Research Organization:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- OSTI ID:
- 1433675
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-9637; applab; PII: S0883769418000660
- Journal Information:
- MRS Bulletin, Vol. 43, Issue 04; ISSN 0883-7694
- Publisher:
- Materials Research SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Material-based figure of merit for caloric materials
Simultaneously achieved large reversible elastocaloric and magnetocaloric effects and their coupling in a magnetic shape memory alloy