Giant Barocaloric Effects in Natural Rubber: A Relevant Step toward Solid-State Cooling

Giant solid-state barocaloric effect in the Ni-Mn-In magnetic shape-memory alloy.

The search for materials showing large caloric effects close to room temperature has become a challenge in modern materials physics and it is expected that such a class of materials will provide a way to renew present cooling devices that are based on the vapour compression of hazardous gases. Up to now, the most promising materials are giant magnetocaloric materials. The discovery of materials...

Giant barocaloric effects at low pressure in ferrielectric ammonium sulphate

Caloric effects are currently under intense study due to the prospect of environment-friendly cooling applications. Most of the research is centred on large magnetocaloric effects and large electrocaloric effects, but the former require large magnetic fields that are challenging to generate economically and the latter require large electric fields that can only be applied without breakdown in t...

CAD-RADS: A Giant First Step Toward a Common Lexicon?

C oronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) use is growing rapidly, and multiple studies have shown its value in improving patient care. However, CTA providers range across the cardiology and radiology specialties and have developed their own styles of reporting. This can bring some variability in the way test results are reported. The presence of a common lexicon linking reporting phrases...

Template Based Assembly for Solid State Cooling

This paper presents a fully dry assembly method to obtain densely packed arrays of parts from 400-800μm in size. This approach shows promise for enabling formation of a module of n and p type materials optimized for micro scale thermoelectric cooling performance. INTRODUCTION Inertial force (mass of the assembled parts) plays a critical role for part alignment and orienting in a dry microassemb...

Inverse barocaloric effects in ferroelectric BaTiO3 ceramics