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Superheated Rubber for Cold Storage
Author(s) -
Katzenberg Frank,
Heuwers Benjamin,
Tiller Joerg Christian
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201100408
Subject(s) - materials science , natural rubber , composite material , strain (injury) , crystallization , thermal , superheating , thermodynamics , medicine , physics
Highly stretched rubber cools down upon relaxation. A natural rubber material that stores high elongations up to 1000% strain upon strain‐induced crystallization at room temperature is reported. The strain recovered and, with this, the stored “cold” is released only by a thermal or athermal trigger.