Giant Magnetocaloric Materials Can Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Magnetocaloric materials are a new class of materials, designed for magnetic refrigeration, that use the magnetocaloric effect to attain extremely low temperatures (well below 1 kelvin), as well as the ranges used in common refrigerators, depending on the design of the system.The magnetocalo... [ read more >> ]

Spin density contour plots for Gd5Si2Ge2 show dramatic changes when Ge2 covalent bonds break at the magnetostructural transition responsible for the giant magnetocaloric effect in this material.

Image comment: Spin density contour plots for Gd5Si2Ge2 show dramatic changes when Ge2 covalent bonds break at the magnetostructural transition responsible for the giant magnetocaloric effect in this material.
Image credits: Image courtesy of DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Spin density contour plots for Gd5Si2Ge2 show dramatic changes when Ge2 covalent bonds break at the magnetostructural transition responsible for the giant magnetocaloric effect in this material.
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