Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Magnetically tightened form-stable phase change materials with modular assembly and geometric conformality features

  • Yongyu Lu,
  • Dehai Yu,
  • Haoxuan Dong,
  • Jinran Lv,
  • Lichen Wang,
  • He Zhou,
  • Zhen Li,
  • Jing Liu,
  • Zhizhu He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29090-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Despite phase change materials’ promising properties for thermal management, their application can be hindered by challenges regarding leakage and low thermal conduction. Here, authors report PCMs with embedded magnetic particles displaying zero leakage and morphological reconfiguration.