3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022
Glassy crystals with colossal multi-baroresponsivities
Kun Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Hailong Pan +16
As a nontrivial solid state of matter, the glassy-crystal state embraces physical features of both crystalline and amorphous solids, where a long-range ordered periodic structure f…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021
Barocaloric thermal batteries
Zhe Zhang, Kuo Li, Shangchao Lin +21
Nowadays the world is facing a prominent paradox regarding thermal energy. The production of heat accounts for more than 50% of global final energy consumption while the waste heat…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020
Ultrafast ferromagnetic fluctuations preceding magnetoelastic first-order transitions
Zhao Zhang, Yanna Chen, Dehong Yu +18
First-order magnetic transitions are of both fundamental and technological interest given that a number of emergent phases and functionalities are thereby created. Of particular in…