Metallic local-moment magnetocalorics as a route to cryogenic refrigeration

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Autori principali: Gruner, Thomas, Chen, Jiasheng, Jang, Dongjin, Banda, Jacintha, Geibel, Christoph, Brando, Manuel, Grosche, F. Malte
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Gruner, Thomas
Chen, Jiasheng
Jang, Dongjin
Banda, Jacintha
Geibel, Christoph
Brando, Manuel
Grosche, F. Malte
author_facet Gruner, Thomas
Chen, Jiasheng
Jang, Dongjin
Banda, Jacintha
Geibel, Christoph
Brando, Manuel
Grosche, F. Malte
contents Commercial adiabatic demagnetisation refrigerators still employ the same hydrated salts that were first introduced over 85 years ago. The inherent limitations of these insulating magnetocalorics - poor thermal conductivity at sub-Kelvin temperatures, low entropy density, corrosiveness - can be overcome by a new generation of rare-earth based metallic magnetocalorics. Here, we present the metallic magnetocaloric YbNi1.6 Sn as an attractive alternative to conventional refrigerants. YbNi1.6Sn retains high entropy into the 100 mK regime and avoids the noble metal constituents of alternative refrigerants. Demagnetisation tests demonstrate that YbNi1.6Sn enables economical and durable alternatives to traditional cooling devices for temperatures reaching below 120 mK. We find that the magnetocaloric properties of this material are facilitated by unusually small Kondo and RKKY interactions, which position YbNi1.6Sn in the extreme local moment limit on the generalised Kondo lattice phase diagram.
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spellingShingle Metallic local-moment magnetocalorics as a route to cryogenic refrigeration
Gruner, Thomas
Chen, Jiasheng
Jang, Dongjin
Banda, Jacintha
Geibel, Christoph
Brando, Manuel
Grosche, F. Malte
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Commercial adiabatic demagnetisation refrigerators still employ the same hydrated salts that were first introduced over 85 years ago. The inherent limitations of these insulating magnetocalorics - poor thermal conductivity at sub-Kelvin temperatures, low entropy density, corrosiveness - can be overcome by a new generation of rare-earth based metallic magnetocalorics. Here, we present the metallic magnetocaloric YbNi1.6 Sn as an attractive alternative to conventional refrigerants. YbNi1.6Sn retains high entropy into the 100 mK regime and avoids the noble metal constituents of alternative refrigerants. Demagnetisation tests demonstrate that YbNi1.6Sn enables economical and durable alternatives to traditional cooling devices for temperatures reaching below 120 mK. We find that the magnetocaloric properties of this material are facilitated by unusually small Kondo and RKKY interactions, which position YbNi1.6Sn in the extreme local moment limit on the generalised Kondo lattice phase diagram.
title Metallic local-moment magnetocalorics as a route to cryogenic refrigeration
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00460