Phase change materials are proving to be a useful tool to store excess energy and recover it later – storing energy not as electricity, but as heat. Let’s take a look at how the technology ...

During the phase change, the PCMs absorb or release large amounts of heat even as their temperature remains constant," explains Stefan Gschwander, a research scientist at Fraunhofer ISE.

Join us as we delve into the cutting-edge world of watercooled and phase change systems at Computex 2018 with der8auer and 8 Pack. Discover the innovative technology behind these mega systems that ...

Heating and cooling systems are some of the biggest energy guzzlers, but passive temperature control could reduce emissions. Phase-change materials show promise for this, and now engineers have ...

All the latest science news on phase change materials from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, and breakthroughs.

By pre-organizing atoms in a bit of phase-change memory, information can be written in less than one nanosecond, the fastest for such memory. With write speeds comparable to the memory that powers ...

The systematic development of phase-change materials has been hampered by experimental and computational difficulties. The first successful modelling of the full phase-change cycle therefore ...

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