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6 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Confinement in metal-organic frameworks as a route to harnessing liquid barocalorics in the solid-state

Ming Zeng, Frederic Rendell-Bhatti, Eamonn T. Connolly +5

Barocaloric (BC) effects at liquid-vapor transitions in hydrofluorocarbons drive most commercial technologies used for heating and cooling in the heating, ventilation and air-condi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Band-Gap Tunability in Anharmonic Perovskite-like Semiconductors Driven by Polar Electron-Phonon Coupling

Pol Benítez, Ruoshi Jiang, Siyu Chen +5

The ability to finely tune optoelectronic properties in semiconductors is crucial for the development of advanced technologies, ranging from photodetectors to photovoltaics. In thi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Machine Learning-Guided Discovery of Temperature-Induced Solid-Solid Phase Transitions in Inorganic Materials

Cibrán López, Joshua Ojih, Ming Hu +3

Predicting solid-solid phase transitions remains a long-standing challenge in materials science. Solid-solid transformations underpin a wide range of functional properties critical…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Molecular origins of colossal barocaloric effects in plastic crystals

Ares Sanuy, Carlos Escorihuela-Sayalero, Pol Lloveras +3

In recent years, orientationally disordered crystals, or plastic crystals, have transformed the field of solid-state cooling due to the significant latent heat and entropy changes…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Giant Electron-Phonon Coupling Induced Band-Gap Renormalization in Anharmonic Silver Chalcohalide Antiperovskites

Pol Benítez, Siyu Chen, Ruoshi Jiang +6

Silver chalcohalide antiperovskites (CAP), AgXY (X = S, Se; Y = Br, I), are a family of highly anharmonic inorganic compounds with great potential for energy applications. Ho…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Crystal Structure Prediction and Phase Stability in Highly Anharmonic Silver-Based Chalcohalide Anti-Perovskites

Pol Benítez, Cibrán López, Cong Liu +4

Silver-based chalcohalide anti-perovskites (CAP), AgBC (B = S, Se; C = Cl, Br, I), represent an emerging family of energy materials with intriguing optoelectronic, vibrationa…