Dear Colleagues,

Magnetic refrigeration has the potential to mitigate long-standing refrigeration challenges such as high energy waste (up to 30% improvement), low system performance, and the impact on climate due to the refrigerant greenhouse effect. Magnetic cooling systems have better performance when operating under low temperatures and high magnetic fields, which negatively impacts its wide adoption to replace conventional refrigeration systems. Magnetic materials, in general, exhibit a magnetocaloric effect; however, this effect is normally weak at room temperature. Recent advancements in MCE have focused on introducing a phase transition within the room temperature range to ensure large isothermal magnetic entropy at room temperature. Despite the possibility of observing a reasonably high MCE at room temperature, the requirement to apply a high magnetic field to induce such an effect significantly limits its applicability. 

In the present Special Issue, we invite investigators to submit papers that discuss synthesis and structure combined with investigations of the chemical and physical properties of bulk forms, single crystals, thin films, and nanomaterials, contributing to the development of areas of current scientific interest. The potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• The structure and magnetism of low-dimensional systems.
• The collective and intrinsic magnetism of size-selected nanoparticles and core/shell colloids.
• The structure–property correlation of functional materials.
• High-resolution structural/compositional analysis by transmission electron microscopy.
• Electrical dielectric materials.
• Magnetocaloric effects.
• The synthesis of nanoparticles and characterization.
• Phase separation and colossal magnetoresistance.

Dr. Mourad Smari
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• energy-efficient cooling
• bulk materials
• intermetallic materials
• thin films
• magnetocaloric effect