Abstract

Magnetocaloric Materials In the article number 2400369, Ekkes Brück, Yang Ren, and co-workers introduce the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) and its applications, and summarize the representative materials, as well as important progress in recent years. Specifically, the importance of multimodal studies on key understandings of the MCE by utilizing state-of-the-art big-facility research tools are highlighted. The challenges and perspectives on further developments are discussed.