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Elastocaloric effect in liquid crystal elastomers from molecular simulations

In this article a realistic model of main-chain liquid crystal elastomers is introduced and by Monte Carlo simulations it is shown that a large elastocaloric exceeding 10 K could be expected in the vicinity of the nematic transition.

COBISS.SI-ID: 3212900

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Phase-changing materials for thermal stabilization and thermal transport

We consider systems exhibiting a temperature driven thermodynamic first order phase transition that could be exploited for thermal stabilization and thermal transport devices.

COBISS.SI-ID: 24002824

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Giant electrocaloric response in smectic liquid crystals with direct smectic-isotropic transition

Here we demonstrate the existence of a sufficiently large nemato-smectic energy reservoir that enables large caloric effects over 7 K.

COBISS.SI-ID: 32102951