Browsing by Author "Lloveras Muntané, Pol Marcel"
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A ferroelastic film at the edge of chaos
(2019-08-22)
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A thermodynamically consistent phase diagram of a trimorphic pharmaceutical, L-tyrosine ethyl ester, based on limited experimental data
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2018-08-29)
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Advances and obstacles in pressure-driven solid-state cooling: A review of barocaloric materials
(2021-02-12)
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Open AccessSolid-state caloric effects promise since decades a disruptive cooling technology that should be more efficient and cleaner than current vapor compression. However, despite relevant achievements have been made, it is still ... -
Barocaloric and magnetocaloric effects in (MnNiSi)1-x(FeCoGe)x
(2018-01-11)
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Barocaloric and magnetocaloric effects in Fe49Rh51
(2014-06-06)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyWe report on calorimetry under applied hydrostatic pressure and magnetic field at the antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic (AFM/FM) transition of Fe49Rh51. Results demonstrate the existence of a giant barocaloric effect in this ... -
Barocaloric properties of quaternary Mn3(Zn,In)N for room-temperature refrigeration applications
(American Physical Society (APS), 2021-10-01)
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Open AccessThe magnetically frustrated manganese nitride antiperovskite family displays significant changes of entropy under hydrostatic pressure that can be useful for the emerging field of barocaloric cooling. Here we show that ... -
Barocaloric response of plastic crystal 2-methyl-2-nitro-1-propanol across and far from the solid-solid phase transition
(Institute of Physics (IOP), 2023-10-25)
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Open AccessPlastic crystals have emerged as benchmark barocaloric (BC) materials for potential solid-state cooling and heating applications due to huge isothermal entropy changes and adiabatic temperature changes driven by pressure. ... -
Colossal barocaloric effects in adamantane derivatives for thermal management
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2022-11-16)
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Open AccessPlastic crystals are currently attracting interest because their solid-state caloric functionality could be used to tackle climate change in two critical areas: (i) more environmentally friendly cooling and heating driven ... -
Colossal barocaloric effects near room temperature in plastic crystals of neopentylglycol
(2019-04-18)
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Open AccessThere is currently great interest in replacing the harmful volatile hydrofluorocarbon fluids used in refrigeration and air-conditioning with solid materials that display magnetocaloric, electrocaloric or mechanocaloric ... -
Colossal reversible barocaloric effects in a plastic crystal mediated by lattice vibrations and ion diffusion
(John Wiley & sons, 2024-07-10)
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Open AccessSolid-state methods for cooling and heating promise a sustainable alternative to current compression cycles of greenhouse gases and inefficient fuel-burning heaters. Barocaloric effects (BCE) driven by hydrostatic pressure ... -
Colossal reversible barocaloric effects in layered hybrid perovskite (C10H21NH3)2MnCl4 under low pressure near room temperature
(2021-11-10)
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Open AccessBarocaloric effects in a layered hybrid organic–inorganic compound, (C10H21NH3)2MnCl4, that are reversible and colossal under pressure changes below 0.1 GPa are reported. This barocaloric performance originates in a phase ... -
Compressed ionic plastic crystals are cool
(2025-01-02)
Research report
Restricted access - publisher's policyTraditional vapor compressors for residential and industrial cooling create a vicious cycle: Cooling contributes to global warming, which then demands more cooling. These systems are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions ... -
Criticality in the slowed-down boiling crisis at zero gravity
(2015-05-12)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyBoiling crisis is a transition between nucleate and film boiling. It occurs at a threshold value of the heat flux from the heater called CHF (critical heat flux). Usually, boiling crisis studies are hindered by the high ... -
Curs 0: preparació per als estudis a l’EEBE
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2022-05)
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Open AccessAquest article presenta el desenvolupament i primers resultats d'ús d'un conjunt de cursos virtuals que pretenen proporcionar uns coneixements inicials bàsics de Matemàtiques, Física i !ímica als estudiants que accedeixen ... -
Elastocaloric, barocaloric and magnetocaloric effects in spin crossover polymer composite films
(2024-07-22)
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Open AccessGiant barocaloric effects were recently reported for spin-crossover materials. The volume change in these materials suggests that the transition can be influenced by uniaxial stress, and give rise to giant elastocaloric ... -
Giant and reversible barocaloric effect in trinuclear spin-crossover complex Fe3(bntrz)6(tcnset)6
(2021-03)
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Open AccessA giant barocaloric effect (BCE) in a molecular material Fe3(bntrz)6(tcnset)6 (FBT) is reported, where bntrz = 4-(benzyl)-1,2,4-triazole and tcnset = 1,1,3,3-tetracyano-2-thioethylepropenide. The crystal structure of FBT ... -
Giant and reversible inverse barocaloric effects near room temperature in ferromagnetic MnCoGeB0.03
(2019-09-13)
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Open AccessHydrostatic pressure represents an inexpensive and practical method of driving caloric effects in brittle magnetocaloric materials, which display first-order magnetostructural phase transitions whose large latent heats are ... -
Giant barocaloric effect in all-d-metal Heusler shape memory alloys
(American Physical Society (APS), 2019-04-16)
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Open AccessWe have studied the barocaloric properties associated with the martensitic transition of a shape memory Heulser alloy Ni50Mn31.5Ti18.5 which is composed of all-d-metal elements. The composition of the sample has been ... -
Giant barocaloric effects at low pressure in ferrielectric ammonium sulphate
(2015-11-01)
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Open AccessCaloric 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 ... -
Giant reversible barocaloric response of (MnNiSi)(1-x)(FeCoGe)(x) (x=0.39, 0.40, 0.41)
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2019-06-01)
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Open AccessMnNiSi-based alloys and isostructural systems have traditionally demonstrated impressive magnetocaloric properties near room temperature associated with a highly tunable first-order magnetostructural transition that involves ...
