Magnetocaloric effect and magnetic properties in NdMnO3 perovskite: A Monte Carlo approach

The magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect in $\text{NdMn}{\text{O}}_3$ have been investigated, as well as the effect of magnetic anisotropy in the magnetocaloric properties of the perovskite-type compound. A classical Heisenberg Hamiltonian with nearest and next-nearest neighbors interactions was implemented. Hamiltonian parameters were fitted in order to reproduce experimental results. Magnetic field dependence on the magnetization, for isothermal processes, was performed. In this way, the magnetic entropy change $\left(\mathrm{\Delta }{S}_m\right)$ was computed as well as the relative cooling power (RCP). Results show that as the magnetic anisotropy constant increases, there was not only a sharpening, but also an increase in peak height of $?\mathrm{\Delta }{S}_m$. Finally, the magnetic field and anisotropy dependences on the RCP were obtained, showing that the highest values of the RCP were found for low anisotropy values.     

Magnetocaloric effect in Sr2TiMoO6 double perovskite

Environmental friendly double perovskite Sr₂TiMoO₆ has been studied by using the density functional theory with generalized gradient approximation (GGA+U) approaches, and the Monte Carlo simulation in the framework of Ising model. The parameter of the unit cell has been optimized. The value of the crystal field and the exchange coupling have been estimated from the partial electronic density of states and the energy calculations, respectively. The magnetic properties and the magnetocaloric effect of the compound have been also studied. The Relative cooling power has been performed. It is found that Sr₂TiMoO₆ is an interesting material for the magnetic refrigeration applications.     

Magnetocaloric and magnetic properties of La_2NiMnO_6 double perovskite

The magnetic effect and the magnetocaloric effect in La_2NiMnO_6(LNMO) double perovskite are studied using the Monte Carlo simulations.The magnetizations,specific heat values,and magnetic entropies are obtained for different exchange interactions and external magnetic fields.The adiabatic temperature is obtained.The transition temperature is deduced.The relative cooling power is established with a fixed value of exchange interaction.According to the master curve behaviors for the temperature dependence of △S_m~(max) predicted for different maximum fields,in this work it is confirmed that the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition observed for our sample is of a second order.The near room-temperature interaction and the superexchange interaction between Ni and Mn are shown to be due to the ferromagnetism of LNMO.     

Theoretical study of the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the ZnFe3N antiperovskite

The antiperovskite ZnFe₃N is studied by using density functional theory calculations and Monte Carlo simulation. Based on the electronic and magnetic properties, it is found that ZnFe₃N behaves as a ferromagnetic metallic material. The exchange interactions and the magnetic anisotropy, defined as the Hamiltonian parameters of the studied system, are calculated and used in the Monte Carlo study. The second order transition at a Curie temperature T_c = 760K, reviled experimentally in a previous work, has been confirmed. The magnetic entropy change and the relative cooling power, under various applied magnetic fields are analyzed in order to evaluate the magnetocaloric effect of ZnFe₃N. The results suggest that ZnFe₃N is a good candidate for the magnetic refrigeration applications.     

Magnetocaloric effect in La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 manganite above room temperature

The La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ composition prepared by sol-gel synthesis was studied by dc magnetization measurements. A large magnetocaloric effect was inferred over a wide range of temperature around the second-order paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition. The change of magnetic entropy increases monotonically with increasing magnetic field and reaches the value of 5.15 J/kg K at 370 K for Δμ0H=5 T. The corresponding adiabatic temperature change is 3.3 K. The changes in magnetic entropy and the adiabatic temperature are also significant at moderate magnetic fields. The magnetic field induced change of the specific heat varies with temperature and has maximum variation near the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition. The obtained results show that La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ could be considered as a potential candidate for magnetic refrigeration applications above room temperature.     

Magnetocaloric effect and magnetic refrigeration

The phenomenon of the magnetocaloric effect along with recent progress and the future needs in both the characterization and exploration of new magnetic refrigerant materials with respect to their magnetocaloric properties are discussed. Also the recent progress in magnetic refrigerator design is reviewed.     

Structural,magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of AMn1−xGaxO3 compounds with 0≤x≤0.2

Structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of manganites series with the AMn_1−xGa_xO₃ (A=La_0.75Ca_0.08Sr_0.17 and x=0, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2) composition have been investigated to shed light on Ga-doping influence. Solid-state reaction method was used for preparation. From XRD study, all samples are found single phase and crystallize in the orthorhombic structure with the Pnma space group. The variation of the magnetization M vs. temperature T, under an applied magnetic field of 0.05 T, reveals a ferromagnetic–paramagnetic transition for all samples. The experimental results indicate that T_C decreases from 336 to 135 K with increasing Ga substitution. Magnetocaloric effect (MCE) was estimated, in terms of isothermal magnetic entropy change (−ΔS_M), using the M(T, μ₀H) data and employing the thermodynamic Maxwell equation. The maximum entropy change and Relative Cooling Power (RCP) show non-monotonic behaviors with increasing the concentration of Gallium. In fact, the maximum value of ΔS_Mmaxof AMn_1−xGa_xO₃ for x=0.00 and 0.2 samples is found to be, respectively, 2.87 and 1.17 J/kg/K under an applied magnetic field change of 2 T. For the same applied magnetic field (μ₀H=2 T), the RCP values are found to vary between 97.58 and 89 J/kg.     

Magnetocaloric properties in a FeNiGaMnSi high entropy alloy

We investigated a new Fe_26.7Ni_26.7Ga_15.6Mn₂₀Si₁₁ high entropy alloy (HEA) without the rare earth element. The structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the resulting materials are presented. The HEAs successfully is produced by the arc melting with suction casting method. The crystal structures are characterised through multiphase Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction data. The structure of the HEAs was found to be the body centred cubic (bcc). In the magnetic measurements, the ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition was obtained in the range of 300–400 K. With the employed suction casting method; the Fe_26.7Ni_26.7Ga_15.6Mn₂₀Si₁₁ HEA shows the best magnetocaloric properties as 1.59 Jkg⁻¹K⁻¹ maximum magnetic entropy change (0–2 T) and 75.68 Jkg^-1 refrigeration capacity after the annealing process.     

Magnetocaloric effect in

In this work, it is discussed the magnetocaloric effect in the doped compound (Tb_1-zDy_z)Co₂. To this end, it is used a model Hamiltonian of interacting 4f-spins coupled with 3d-itinerant electrons. In the model are also included the crystalline electrical field and the magnetoelastic interaction. The 4f spin–spin interaction is treated in the mean field approximation taking into account the type of rare earth ion is occupying the neighborhood of a given site. The theoretically calculated isothermal entropy change upon variation of the applied magnetic field shows the good trend of the available experimental data.     

Magnetocaloric effect in ferrite nanoparticles

A comparative study of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is reported in two different types of chemically synthesized magnetic nanoparticle systems—cobalt ferrite and manganese zinc ferrite with mean size around 5 and 15 nm, respectively. While CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles were synthesized using co-precipitation, the Mn_0.68Zn_0.25Fe_2.07O₄ (MZFO) nanoparticles were prepared by reverse micelle technique using AOT as surfactant. Our results indicate that the change in entropy with the change in applied magnetic field (dS/dH) is reasonably large for this class of nanoparticles and has a wide distribution over a broad temperature range covering the region above and below the blocking temperature. The maximum entropy change is influenced by the particle size, overall distribution in anisotropy and magnetic moments.     

Monte Carlo study of nanowire magnetic properties

In this work, we use Monte Carlo simulations to study the magnetic properties of a nanowire system based on a honeycomb lattice, in the absence as well as in the presence of both an external magnetic field and crystal field. The system is formed with NL layers having spins that can take the values σ = ±1/2 and S = ±1, 0. The blocking temperature is deduced, for each spin configuration, depending on the crystal field Δ. The effect of the exchange interaction coupling Jp between the spin configurations σ and S is studied for different values of temperature at fixed crystal field. The established ground-state phase diagram, in the plane (Jp ,Δ), shows that the only stable configurations are: (1/2, 0), (1/2, +1), and (1/2,-1). The thermal magnetization and susceptibility are investigated for the two spin configurations, in the absence as well as in the presence of a crystal field. Finally, we establish the hysteresis cycle for different temperature values, showing that there is almost no remaining magnetization in the absence of the external magnetic field, and that the studied system exhibits a super-paramagnetic behavior.     

Magnetocaloric effect at room temperature in manganese perovskite La0.65Nd0.05Pb0.3MnO3 with double resistivity peaks

Series of polycrystalline manganese perovskite oxides La_0.7−xNd_xPb_0.3MnO₃ (x=0, 0.05, and 0.1) are prepared by the sol-gel technique, La_0.65Nd_0.05Pb_0.3MnO₃ were representatively investigated because the peculiar double resistivity peaks were found; the maximum magnetic entropy change ΔS_H=−2.03 J/kg K and its good refrigerant capacity 71.05 J/kg around room temperature were obtained under 9 kOe magnetic field variation. The expected double peaks of magnetocaloric effect had not occurred since magnetic entropy change originated from the differential coefficient of magnetic moment to temperature; the relatively well refrigerant capacity possibly results from the faint magnetic inhomogeneity mixed in the double exchange strong magnetic signal.     

Magnetocaloric effect in the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice model

The Kondo lattice model describes a lattice of localized spins S_i interacting with the conduction electrons via a local exchange coupling J. Assuming a ferromagnetic Hund's rule coupling J>0, the model can be used to describe some itinerant magnetocaloric materials such as Gd(Si_xGe_1-x)₄, La(Fe_1-xSi_x)₁₃, and LaCa_1-xMn_xO₃, which are important for magnetic refrigeration near room temperature. The localized magnetic moments are described in the model Hamiltonian by spin operators, and the conduction electrons by fermionic operators. To study the magnetocaloric effect, a uniform external magnetic field is added through a Zeeman term. By averaging the fermionic degrees of freedom, one obtains an indirect exchange coupling between spins at sites i and j, which corresponds to the RKKY interaction. The self-consistent mean value is evaluated in the effective Heisenberg Hamiltonian within the random phase approximation (RPA). The conduction electron magnetization for a given value of is obtained from the corresponding Green's functions through the equation of motion method. The pressure and doping dependence of the Curie temperature are taken into account in the evaluation of . The magnetocaloric effect is characterized by the isothermal entropy change ΔS and the adiabatic temperature change ΔT_ad upon magnetic field variations in the neighborhood of the ferromagnetic phase transition. The results are obtained for and compared to measurements with Gd compounds.     

Size effect on magnetic properties of a nano-graphene bilayer structure: A Monte Carlo study

In this paper we use the Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the magnetic properties of an Ising ferromagnetic–antiferromagnetic model. The system is based on a nano-graphene structure-like bilayer with two bloc sizes: N=24 and 42 spins. For each size N, the upper layer A is formed with spin −3/2, whereas the lower layer B is composed of spin −5/2. We only consider the first nearest-neighbor interactions between the sites i and j. The magnetic properties are studied, in the absence as well as in the presence of a crystal magnetic field, and an external magnetic field. The increasing temperature and crystal field as well as the inter-layer coupling constant, are also studied for this system sizes N=24 and 42 spins. The zero-field-cooled and the field cooled magnetization behaviors are investigated for different values of external magnetic field and a fixed value of exchange interaction between the two blocs. The magnetizations as well as the magnetic susceptibilities versus the temperature are used in order to obtain blocking temperature.     

Monte Carlo calculations of the magnetocaloric effect in gadolinium

In this work we discuss the magnetocaloric effect in metallic gadolinium. We use a model Hamiltonian of interacting 4f spins and treat the 4f spin–spin interaction both in the mean field approximation and in the Monte Carlo simulation. The calculations show that the mean field approximation yields reasonable results for the magnetocaloric potentials ΔS$\mathrm{\Delta }S$ and Δ_Tad$\mathrm{\Delta }{T}_{\mathrm{ad}}$ but it fails in explaining the experimental data of specific heat at the magnetic ordering temperature. On the other hand, our theoretical results show that the Monte Carlo calculation describes well not only the magnetocaloric potentials ΔS$\mathrm{\Delta }S$ and Δ_Tad$\mathrm{\Delta }{T}_{\mathrm{ad}}$ but also the specific heat capacity.     

Room temperature magnetocaloric effect in Pr1.75Sr1.25Mn2O7 double-layered perovskite manganite system

Abstract

In this work, we have studied on double-layered perovskite (Ruddlesden–Popper) manganite structure in Pr_1.75Sr_1.25Mn₂O₇ synthesised by sol–gel method. The crystal structure of the double-layered perovskite is found as tetragonal from the X-ray diffraction analysis with I4/mmm space group. A high Curie temperature, T_C = 305 K is observed from the temperature dependence of magnetisation measurement. The isothermal magnetisation curves showed that magnetic phase transition is second order due to the positive slope of the Arrott plots. Maximum magnetic entropy change (ΔS_M) and adiabatic temperature change (ΔT_ad) values are calculated as 3.99 J kg^?1 K^?1 and 2.1 K under external magnetic field of 70 kOe, respectively. Since our double-layered perovskite manganite sample has desired T_C value and relatively high ΔS_M, it can be a potential candidate as a magnetocaloric material for room temperature magnetic cooling systems.     

Metamagnetic transition and magnetocaloric effect in antiferromagnetic TbPdAl compound

Magnetic properties and the magnetocaloric effect of the compound TbPdAl are investigated. The compound exhibits a weak antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling, and undergoes two successive AFM transitions at T_N=43 K and T_t=22 K. A field-induced metamagnetic transition from AFM to ferromagnetic (FM) state is observed below T_N, and a small magnetic field can destroy the AFM structure of TbPdAl, inducing an FM-like state. The maximal value of magnetic entropy change is −11.4 J/kg K with a refrigerant capacity of 350 J/kg around T_N for a field change of 0-5 T. Good magnetocaloric properties of TbPdAl result from the high saturation magnetization caused by the field-induced AFM-FM transition.     

Phase transitions and the magnetocaloric effect in Mn rich Ni–Mn–Ga Heusler alloys

In Mn rich polycrystalline Heusler alloys, Ni₅₀Mn_25+−xGa_25−x, prepared by Arc melting, it is found that the structural/first-order magnetic transition temperature T_m increases as the Mn content increases. The Curie temperature T_c is higher than that of Ni rich alloys (Ni_50+xMn_25−xGa₂₅ ) of the same series, and is less affected by composition x. Magnetic entropy change of |ΔS_M| also increases as Mn content increases, while behaviour of the field dependence of ΔS_M is similar to that of single crystal Ni_52.6Mn_23.1Ga_24.3.     

Magnetocaloric effect in under applied pressure

In this paper we theoretically discuss the magnetocaloric effect in Tb₅Si₂Ge₂ under applied pressure. We use a model of interacting spins where the effective exchange interaction parameter was self-consistently calculated in terms of the electronic structure of the compound. Our theoretically calculated isothermal entropy changes show the good trend of the available experimental data.