Refrigeration based on plastic crystals

Claudio Cazorla ()

Nature, 2019, vol. 567, issue 7749, 470-471

Abstract: Materials called plastic crystals have been found to undergo huge temperature changes when subjected to small pressures near room temperature. Such materials could form the basis of future refrigeration technologies.

Keywords: Materials science; Condensed-matter physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-00974-5

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