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most citedColossal barocaloric effects in plastic crystals

458 citations · 811 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.str-el2023★ 13 cited

Magnetic phase diagram and multiple field-induced states in the intermetallic triangular-lattice antiferromagnet NdAuAlGe with Ising-like spins

Mengru Cong, Han Ge, Lei Zhang +12

Geometrical frustration and the enhancement of strong quantum fluctuations in two-dimensional triangular antiferromagnets can lead to various intriguing phenomena. Here, we studied…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 3 cited

Optical conductivity and vibrational spectra of the narrow-gap semiconductor FeGa

C. Martin, V. A. Martinez, M. Opačić +11

Intermetallic narrow-gap semiconductors have been intensively explored due to their large thermoelectric power at low temperatures and a possible role of strong electronic correlat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 93 cited

Ultrasensitive barocaloric material for room-temperature solid-state refrigeration

Qingyong Ren, Ji Qi, Dehong Yu +7

Solid-state refrigeration based on caloric effects is an energetically efficient and environmentally friendly technology, which is deemed as a potential alternative to the conventi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Ultrafast ferromagnetic fluctuations preceding magnetoelastic first-order transitions

Zhao Zhang, Yanna Chen, Dehong Yu +18

First-order magnetic transitions are of both fundamental and technological interest given that a number of emergent phases and functionalities are thereby created. Of particular in…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Room-Temperature Skyrmion Thermopower in Fe3Sn2

Qianheng Du, Myung-Geun Han, Yu Liu +3

We present first room-temperature thermoelectric signature of the skyrmion lattice. This was observed in Fe3Sn2, a Kagome Dirac crystal with massive Dirac fermions that features hi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 70 cited

Dimer rattling mode induced low thermal conductivity in an excellent acoustic conductor

Ji Qi, Baojuan Dong, Zhe Zhang +19

A solid with larger sound speeds exhibits higher lattice thermal conductivity (k_{lat}). Diamond is a prominent instance where its mean sound speed is 14400 m s-1 and k_{lat} is 23…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 29 cited

Magnetic-field control of topological electronic response near room temperature in correlated Kagome magnets

Yangmu Li, Qi Wang, Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt +13

Strongly correlated Kagome magnets are promising candidates for achieving controllable topological devices owing to the rich interplay between inherent Dirac fermions and correlati…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 458 cited

Colossal barocaloric effects in plastic crystals

Bing Li, Yukinobu Kawakita, Hui Wang +6

Solid-state refrigeration technology based on caloric effects are promising to replace the currently used vapor compression cycles. However, their application is restricted due to…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 18 cited

Absence of Dirac states in BaZnBi induced by spin-orbit coupling

Weijun Ren, Aifeng Wang, D. Graf +4

We report magnetotransport properties of BaZnBi single crystals. Whereas electronic structure features Dirac states, such states are removed from the Fermi level by spin-orbi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017

Observation of Various and Spontaneous Magnetic Skyrmionic Bubbles at Room-Temperature in a Frustrated Kagome Magnet with Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy

Zhipeng Hou, Weijun Ren, Bei Ding +12

Various and spontaneous magnetic skyrmionic bubbles are experimentally observed for the first time, at room temperature in a frustrated kagome magnet Fe3Sn2 with unixial magnetic a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 5 cited

Two-dimensional Dirac fermions in YbMnBi2 antiferromagnet

Aifeng Wang, I. Zaliznyak, Weijun Ren +7

We report two-dimensional quantum transport and Dirac fermions in YbMnBi2 single crystals. YbMnBi2 is a layered material with anisotropic conductivity and magnetic order below 290…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 2 cited

Microwave-driven Topological Resonant Excitations of Coupled Skyrmions

Han Wang, Yingying Dai, Teng Yang +2

We study nonlinear dynamics of coupled Skyrmions and present a method for manipulating topological resonant excitations by a dual-frequency microwave field. Thiele's equation is ex…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 100 cited

Skyrmion ground state and gyration of skyrmions in magnetic nanodisks without the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction

Yingying Dai, Han Wang, Peng Tao +3

We show by micromagnetic simulations that spontaneous skyrmion ground state can exist in Co/Ru/Co nanodisks without the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction (DMI), which can remain sta…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011★ 20 cited

Field-induced Magnetic Transition in Cobalt-Ferrite

Martin Kriegisch, Weijun Ren, Reiko Sato-Turtelli +3

We present magnetostriction and magnetization measurements of a cobalt ferrite Co0.8Fe2.2O4 single crystal. We observe unusual behaviour in the magnetic hard axis of the single cry…