Complex oxides show a vast range of functional responses, unparalleled within the
inorganic solids realm, making them promising materials for applications as varied as next …

The occurrence of the inverse (or negative) electrocaloric effect, where the isothermal
application of an electric field leads to an increase in entropy and the removal of the field …

Current refrigeration technologies based on compression cycles of greenhouse gases are
environmentally threatening and cannot be scaled down to on-chip dimensions. Solid-state …

Solid‐state cooling exploits the thermal response of caloric materials when subjected to
external physical fields and represents a promising alternative to conventional refrigeration …

Pyroelectrics are a material class that undergoes a change in polarization as the
temperature of the system is varied. This effect can be utilized for applications ranging from …

Solid-state refrigeration which is environmentally benign has attracted considerable
attention. Mechanocaloric (mC) materials, in which the phase transitions can be induced by …

Self-assembled nanostructures are important for determining the physical properties of
epitaxial oxide films. We successfully fabricated perfectly ordered NiO nano-columns …

Using water as a refrigerant for innovative cycle-cooling technology is desirable, since water
not only is economically and environmentally unrivaled, but also owns a latent heat that is …

Carbon nanotubes are famous for their many extraordinary properties. We use a
thermodynamical approach, experimental data from the literature, and atomistic simulations …

In multiferroic materials, adiabatic temperature changes can be obtained by the combined
application of electric, stress, and magnetic fields. These external stimuli provide additional …