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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…
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…
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…
Dimer rattling mode induced low thermal conductivity in an excellent acoustic conductor
Ji Qi, Baojuan Dong, Zhe Zhang +19
A solid with larger sound speeds exhibits higher lattice thermal conductivity (k_{lat}). Diamond is a prominent instance where its mean sound speed is 14400 m s-1 and k_{lat} is 23…
Colossal barocaloric effects in plastic crystals
Bing Li, Yukinobu Kawakita, Hui Wang +6
Solid-state refrigeration technology based on caloric effects are promising to replace the currently used vapor compression cycles. However, their application is restricted due to…