Expanding Magnetic Tunability in Approximants and Quasicrystals for Magnetocaloric Applications (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Expanding Magnetic Tunability in Approximants and Quasicrystals for Magnetocaloric Applications

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Scientists resolve the compositional constraints imposed by the stoichiometry limit of intermetallic compounds by tuning their valence electrons-per-atom ratio and designed a new family of compounds with strong magnetocaloric response.

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Prof. Ryuji Tamura from Tokyo University of Science, Japan.

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