A phase-change material (PCM) is a substance which releases/absorbs sufficient energy at phase transition to provide useful heat or cooling. Generally...

has been directed towards attempting to find viable material alternatives to the phase-change material Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST), with mixed success. Other research...

physics, chemistry, and other related fields like biology, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of...

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation for phase change materials (PCMs) is a technique used to analyze the performance and behavior...

interest in PCMs is the application of phase change material integration into traditional porous building materials such as concrete and wall boards. Kosny...

A phase change sometimes occurs when a wave is reflected, specifically from a medium with faster wave speed to the boundary of a medium with slower wave...

In the physical sciences, a phase is a region of material that is chemically uniform, physically distinct, and (often) mechanically separable. In a system...

water and insulated at the top, as well as eutectic solutions and phase-change materials. Other sources of thermal energy for storage include heat or cold...

effective temperature range of the material. The twisted nematic phase has the molecules oriented in layers with regularly changing orientation, which gives them...

or GST) is a phase-change material from the group of chalcogenide glasses used in rewritable optical discs and phase-change memory applications...

Building material is material used for construction. Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay, rocks, sand, wood, and even twigs and leaves, have...

sinusoidal electromagnetic wave is a measure of the change undergone by the amplitude and phase of the wave as it propagates in a given direction. The...

storage system and can generate power consecutively for 24 hours. Phase Change Material (PCMs) offer an alternative solution in energy storage. Using a...

(January 2012). "Review on phase change material emulsions and microencapsulated phase change material slurries: Materials, heat transfer studies and...

atomic structure in various phases are related to the physical properties of a material. Important elements of modern materials science were products of...

Phase-change Dual (or Phase-change Disc) is a rewritable optical disc and a standard for it, developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in April...

ground-up spices such as cloves and nutmeg, or even dried rose petals. Phase change materials can be used for heating pads intended to operate at a fixed temperature...

A phase diagram in physical chemistry, engineering, mineralogy, and materials science is a type of chart used to show conditions (pressure, temperature...

sells phase change materials (PCMs) in the United States and internationally. Outlast offers Thermocules, a microencapsulated phase change materials, which...

technologies involve energy harvesting, heat storage methods, and phase change materials. Cool pavements are commonly made with reflective coatings or aggregates...

Elastocaloric materials are a class of advanced materials. These materials show a big change in temperature when mechanical stress is applied and then...

Barocaloric solids undergo solid-to-solid phase change. One barocaloric material processes heat without a phase change: natural rubber. Barocaloric effects...

in deli meats. Sodium nitrate has also been investigated as a phase-change material for thermal energy recovery, owing to its relatively high melting...

either magnetic tape or optical discs. Phase-change memory uses different mechanical phases of phase-change material to store information in an X–Y addressable...

effects to aquatic environments. Computer cooling Hot-melt adhesive Phase-change material Thermally conductive pad List of thermal conductivities Werner Haller;...

(hydrophobic/van der Waals forces). Icosane's phase transition at a moderate temperature makes it a candidate phase change material, or PCM which can be used to store...

which phase-change material has the ability to cumulatively respond to multiple input signals. An electrical alteration of the resistance of the phase change...

toiletries and cosmetics such as Vaseline. Neutron radiation shielding Phase change material for thermal energy storage Used by MESSENGER (Mercury spacecraft)...

intermediate Phase-change material, a chemical substance with a high heat of fusion Phase conjugate mirror, a type of mirror, that conjugates the phase of the...

related to Ice packs. Cryotherapy Hot pack Hand warmer Hilotherapy Phase-change material Enthalpy of fusion Singh, S P; Burgess, Singh (2008). "Performance...