Heusler alloys, discovered serendipitously at the beginning of the twentieth century, have
emerged in the twenty-first century as exciting materials for numerous remarkable functional …

Solid‐state caloric effects as intrinsic thermal responses to different physical external stimuli
(magnetic‐, uniaxial stress‐, pressure‐, and electric‐fields) can achieve a higher energy …

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 …

The search for materials with large caloric effects has become a major challenge in material
science due to their potential in develo** near room‐temperature solid‐state cooling …

Heusler compounds are a remarkable class of intermetallic materials with 1: 1: 1 (often
called Half-Heusler) or 2: 1: 1 composition comprising more than 1500 members. Today …

Over the last two decades, the research activities on magnetocalorics have been
exponentially increased, leading to the discovery of a wide category of materials including …

The search for materials showing large caloric effects close to room temperature has
become a challenge in modern materials physics and it is expected that such a class of …

Recent progress on caloric effects are reviewed. The application of external stimuli such as
magnetic field, hydrostatic pressure, uniaxial stress and electric field give rise respectively to …

Due to their versatile composition and customizable properties, A2BC Heusler alloys have
found applications in magnetic refrigeration, magnetic shape memory effects, permanent …

The magnetostructural coupling between the structural and the magnetic transition has a
crucial role in magnetoresponsive effects in a martensitic-transition system. A combination of …