Isothermal entropy change and adiabatic change of temperature of the antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 ising octahedron and dodecahedron

Abstract

The spin-1/2 Ising octahedron and dodecahedron with a unique antiferromagnetic interaction display an outstanding magnetization jump at zero magnetic field, which consequently leads to a giant magnetocaloric effect during the adiabatic demagnetization. In the present work we report temperature dependences of two basic magnetocaloric response functions: the isothermal entropy change and the adiabatic change of temperature. It is shown that the Ising octahedron and dodecahedron generally exhibit a large negative isothermal entropy change upon increase of the magnetic field, which serves in evidence of their cooling performance.