Chitin-derived carbon aerogel prevents leakage in phase change materials, boosting durable and sustainable heat storage.

Incorporating a phase-change material into concrete, researchers have created a self-heating material that can melt snow and ice for up to 10 hours without using salt or shovels. The novel material ...

New research offers clearer insight into how phase transitions unfold at the atomic scale in real materials. When ice turns into water, the change happens almost instantly. Once the melting ...

PCMs are materials that absorb and release thermal energy through changes in their physical state. They can be categorized as liquid-gas, solid-solid, solid-gas, and solid-liquid, depending on their ...

A team of materials scientists has developed a new bio based carbon material that can store thermal energy more efficiently while preventing one of ...