Brazilian scientific laboratory dedicated to prepare and characterize materials that present one or more i-caloric effects. The i-Caloric Materials Lab has been operating since July 2016.

Papers


 L. S. Paixão, G. Rangel, E. O. Usuda, W. Imamura, J. C. G. Tedesco, J. C. Patiño, A. M. Gomes, C. S. Alves, A. M. G. Carvalho. Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of (Gd,Nd)5Si4 compounds, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 493, 165693 (2019).

 E. O. Usuda, W. Imamura, N. M. Bom, L. S. Paixão, A. M. G. Carvalho, Giant Reversible Barocaloric Effects in Nitrile Butadiene Rubber around Room Temperature, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 1(8), 1991-1997 (2019).

 R. J. Caraballo-Vivas, J. C. G. Tedesco, N. R. Checca, N. M. Fortunato, J. N. Gonçalves, D. R. Sanchez, A. M. G. Carvalho, J. S. Amaral, M. S. Reis. Experimental and theoretical evidences that atomic disorder suppresses half-metallicity of Heusler compounds, Intermetallics 111, 106502 (2019).

 A. M. G. Carvalho, C. S. Alves, P. V. Trevizoli, A. O. dos Santos, S. Gama, A. A. Coelho, Unusual effects of manual grinding and subsequent annealing process observed in Gd5.09Ge2.03Si1.88 compound, Appl. Phys. A 124, 269 (2018).

➤ A. M. G. Carvalho, W. Imamura, E. O. Usuda, N. M. Bom, Giant room-temperature barocaloric effects in PDMS rubber at low pressuresEuropean Polymer Journal 99, 212221 (2018). Erratum: Eur. Polym. J. 102, 45–46 (2018).

➤ N. M. Bom, W. Imamura, E. O. Usuda, A. M. G. Carvalho, Giant barocaloric effects in natural rubber: A relevant step toward solid-state coolingACS Macro Lett. 7, 31−36 (2018). Erratum: ACS Macro Lett. 7, 470−471 (2018).

➤ B. P. Alho, P. H. O. Lopes, P. O. Ribeiro, T. S. T. Alvarenga, E. P. Nóbrega, V. S. R. de Sousa, A. M. G. Carvalho, A. Caldas, J. C. G. Tedesco, A. A. Coelho, N. A. de Oliveira, P. J. von Ranke, Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties in Gd1-yPryNi2 compounds, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 449, 308312 (2018).

➤ E. O. Usuda, N. M. Bom, A. M. G. Carvalho, Large barocaloric effects at low pressures in natural rubber, Eur. Polymer J. 92, 287293 (2017). Erratum: Eur. Polymer J. 102, 9 (2018).

➤ N. M. Bom, E. O. Usuda, G. M. Guimarães, A. A. Coelho, A. M. G. Carvalho, Experimental setup for measuring the barocaloric effect in polymers: Application to natural rubber, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 88, 046103 (2017). Erratum: Rev. Sci. Instrum. 89, 039901 (2018).

 P. O. Ribeiro, B. P. Alho, T. S. T. Alvarenga, E. P. Nóbrega, V. S. R. de Sousa, A. M. G. Carvalho, A. Caldas, P. H. O. Lopes, P. J. von Ranke, The influence of crystalline electrical field on magnetic and magnetocaloric properties in Er1-yTbyAl2 compounds, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 442, 265-269 (2017).

 J. J. Ipus, P. O. Ribeiro, P. J. von Ranke, R. J. Caraballo Vivas, A. M. G. Carvalho, A. A. Coelho, V. Franco, D. L. Rocco, Tunable magnetocaloric effect around room temperature by Fe doping in Mn0.98Cr(0.02-x)FexAs compound, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 436, 85-90 (2017).