Magnetocaloric Effect in Molecular Magnets
A special issue of Magnetochemistry (ISSN 2312-7481). This special issue belongs to the section "Magnetic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 2789
Special Issue Editor
Interests: magnetocaloric effect; magnetic relaxations; magnetic anisotropy; magnetism under pressure; molecular magnetism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In 1881 Emil Warburg discovered the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in iron. Over the past 140 years, several outstanding achievements in this field have been obtained, including the Nobel Prize for William Giauque. Despite the passage of so many years, the MCE is still intensively studied. We are still fighting for the best performance, optimal temperature range and cost-effective solutions to push the MCE from laboratory to wide commercial application. At present, this battle is even more crucial since the warming climate is one of the most important challenges of our generation. Although most MCE research is focused on alloys, molecular magnets provide an alternative approach, and are not limited to low-temperature applications. Recent results on the barocaloric effect (which is very analogous to MCE) for spin crossover compounds reveal remarkable performance close to room temperature.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive collection of articles which will describe the current status of MCE research. It will be an opportunity to present new results, summarize the research carried out so far, and introduce the MCE to newcomers. Both theoretical and experimental articles are welcome.
Dr. Piotr Konieczny
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- magnetocaloric effect
- rotating magnetocaloric effect
- single molecular magnets
- spin crossover
- magnetic cooling
- magnetic refrigerant
- magnetic refrigerants
- barocaloric effect
- coordination polymers
- molecular magnets