1. Specific heat in magnetic field and magnetocaloric effects of α-R2S3 (R = Tb, Dy) single crystals.
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Guo, Q., Tegus, O., and Ebisu, S.
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SINGLE crystals , *MAGNETOCALORIC effects , *MAGNETIC entropy , *MAGNETIC fields , *ADIABATIC temperature - Abstract
Graphical abstract Temperature dependence of the magnetic entropy change for α-Dy 2 S 3 single crystals in magnetic field change within 5 T
H ‖b (a) andH ⊥b (b). Highlights • Specific heat measurements in the wide temperature/magnetic field range for α- R 2 S 3 (R = Tb, Dy) single crystals. • Effect of magnetic field on the specific heat near the successive AFM ordering temperatures. • Estimation of magnetic entropy change and adiabatic temperature change from specific heat in magnetic field. • Influence of magnitude and orientation of magnetic field on the magnetocaloric effect. Abstract The magnetocaloric effects (MCE) of α-Tb 2 S 3 and α-Dy 2 S 3 single crystals exhibiting successive antiferromagnetic (AFM) transitions have been investigated by analyzing specific heat measured in magnetic field. The temperature dependence of specific heat in the vicinity of the successive transitions shows obvious distinction depending on the orientations of the applied magnetic field for both α-Tb 2 S 3 and α-Dy 2 S 3 that having orthorhombic crystal structures. When the magnetic field is increased, the specific heat is as follows: For α-Tb 2 S 3 inH ‖b , the peak around T N2 shifts to lower temperature but the other one peak around T N1 barely moves; InH ⊥b , the peak around T N2 has no shift almost within 3 T but suddenly moves to lower temperature in 4 T and the other one peak around T N1 shifts to lower temperature in specific heat versus temperature. In the case of α-Dy 2 S 3 , the two peaks around T N2 and T N1 shift to lower temperatures inH ‖b but move to higher temperatures when the magnetic field is increased up to 5 T byH ⊥b in spite of antiferromagnetic transitions. Therefore, the maximum value and corresponding temperature of both isothermal magnetic entropy change (Δ S m) and adiabatic temperature change (Δ T ad) in the magnetic fieldH ⊥b are extremely different in low temperature range from that in the field ofH ‖b . The results propone that the MCE of α-Tb 2 S 3 and α-Dy 2 S 3 could be controlled at low temperature by the magnitude and orientation of magnetic field. It also indicates that the refrigerating capacity and thermal absorption capacity will be controlled by changing magnitude and orientation of magnetic field on the α-Tb 2 S 3 and α-Dy 2 S 3 single crystals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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