Long-range ferromagnetism and giant magnetocaloric effect in type VIII Eu8Ga16Ge30 clathrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Phan, M H ^a   Woods, G T ^a   Chaturvedi, A ^a   Stefanoski, S ^a   Nolas, G S ^a   Srikanth, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; EUROPIUM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GERMANIUM; HYDRATES; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RARE EARTH ALLOYS;

ARROTT PLOTS; CLATHRATES; FERROMAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; GIANT MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGES; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATIONS; PARAMAGNETIC PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 58149144432     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3055833     Document Type: Article

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