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The magnetocaloric effect could form the basis for efficient refrigeration technologies. The finding that large and reversible magnetocaloric effects can be induced through a strain-mediated feedback mechanism may expand the range of available magnetocaloric materials.

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Figure 1: Phase diagrams describing the change in magnetization (M) as a function of temperature (T).

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Nordblad, P. Strained relations. Nature Mater 12, 11–12 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3516

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