Large barocaloric effects in two novel ferroelectric molecular plastic crystals
Alejandro Salvatori, David Aguilà, Guillem Aromı́, Lluı́s Mañosa, Antoni Planes, Pol Lloveras, Luis Carlos Pardo, Markus Appel, Guillaume F. Nataf, Fabien Giovannelli, Marı́a Barrio, J. Ll. Tamarit, Michela Romanini
Abstract
A new type of materials combining a high-temperature plastic phase and a low-temperature ferroelectric phase, the ferroelectric plastic crystals, are promising for application in refrigeration systems based on solid-state caloric effects.
Topics & Concepts
FerroelectricityPlastic crystalMaterials scienceRefrigerationPhase (matter)Solid-statePhase transitionCondensed matter physicsEngineering physicsThermodynamicsOptoelectronicsChemistryPhysicsDielectricOrganic chemistryFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies