Magnetocaloric effect in multilayers studied by membrane-based calorimetry
arXiv:2208.07761 · doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aca67f
Abstract
We study magnetic multilayers, incorporating dilute ferromagnetic spacers between strongly-ferromagnetic layers exhibiting a proximity-enhanced magnetocaloric effect. Using magnetometry and direct measurements of the adiabatic temperature change based on a nanomembrane-calorimetry, we find that the magnetocaloric effect in the studied multilayer is indeed enhanced compared to that in the bulk spacer material. We develop a phenomenological numerical model of the studied trilayer and find that a long-range exchange interaction through the weakly-ferromagnetic spacer is required to adequately describe the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the system.
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