Revisiting Cu-based shape memory alloys: Recent developments and new perspectives

EM Mazzer, MR Da Silva, P Gargarella - Journal of Materials Research, 2022 - Springer
Cu-based shape memory alloys belong to one important class of functional alloys,
presenting shape memory effect and superelasticity due to their reversible martensitic …

Sustainability through alloy design: Challenges and opportunities

JL Cann, A De Luca, DC Dunand, D Dye… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exciting metallurgical breakthroughs of the last decades alongside the development and
wide-ranging availability of new and more capable experimental and theoretical tools for …

High-performance multimode elastocaloric cooling system

S Qian, D Catalini, J Muehlbauer, B Liu, H Mevada… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Develo** zero–global warming potential refrigerants has emerged as one area that helps
address global climate change concerns. Various high-efficiency caloric cooling techniques …

Enhancing cooling performance of NiTi elastocaloric tube refrigerant via internal grooving

J Zhang, Y Zhu, S Cheng, S Yao, Q Sun - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Develo** novel heat transfer surface structure on NiTi shape memory alloy tubes has big
potential to enhance the elastocaloric cooling performance. In this work, an internally …

NiTi‐based elastocaloric cooling on the macroscale: From basic concepts to realization

SM Kirsch, F Welsch, N Michaelis, M Schmidt… - Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state cooling is an environmentally friendly, no global warming potential alternative to
vapor compression‐based systems. Elastocaloric cooling based on NiTi shape memory …

Solid-state cooling by elastocaloric polymer with uniform chain-lengths

S Zhang, Q Yang, C Li, Y Fu, H Zhang, Z Ye… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Although the elastocaloric effect was found in natural rubber as early as 160 years ago,
commercial elastocaloric refrigeration based on polymer elastomers has stagnated owing to …

[PDF][PDF] Elastocaloric cooling: state-of-the-art and future challenges in designing regenerative elastocaloric devices.

P Kabirifar, A Žerovnik, Ž Ahčin, L Porenta… - Journal of Mechanical …, 2019 - fs.uni-lj.si
The elastocaloric cooling, utilizing latent heat associated with martensitic transformation in
shape-memory alloys, is being considered in the recent years as one of the most promising …

Highly efficient grooved NiTi tube refrigerants for compressive elastocaloric cooling

J Zhang, Y Zhu, S Yao, Q Sun - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Elastocaloric (eC) cooling without environmental issues has been a promising substitute for
the conventional vapor-compression refrigeration. Commercial superelastic NiTi shape …

Thermodynamics of elastocaloric cooling and heat pump cycles

S Qian - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Elastocaloric cooling is an emerging solid-state cooling technology and has experienced
fast development over the last decade. This study aims to systematically introduce the …

A compact NiTi elastocaloric air cooler with low force bending actuation

X Li, S Cheng, Q Sun - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Elastocaloric cooling has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional vapor-
compression refrigeration, and miniaturization is essential for commercialization of this …