Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1595873 Solid State Communications 2006 5 Pages PDF
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We report a theoretical study of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of Dy thin films, and show that the confinement of spins in the direction perpendicular to the surfaces leads to a considerable enhancement of the MCE. The adiabatic temperature change, ΔT, for external field strength change, ΔH, of the order of a few kOe, is much larger than what is found in bulk Dy, reaching ΔTΔH=6K/T for ultra-thin films.
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Magnetocaloric effect of thin Dy films
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