Understanding colossal barocaloric effects in plastic crystals

Colossal barocaloric effects with high entropy changes is reported in plastic crystal neopentylglycol, while microscopic mechanism needs to be further explored. Here, the authors show hydrogen bond related reorientational dynamics of neopentylglycol and provide insights in order-disorder transition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: F. B. Li, M. Li, X. Xu, Z. C. Yang, H. Xu, C. K. Jia, K. Li, J. He, B. Li, Hui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18043-1