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Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit your manuscript to a Special Issue on “Advanced Temperature Sensitive Materials, Devices and Systems”.

Temperature induces changes in the electronic, electrical, magnetic, morphological, optical or thermal properties of materials in 0-, 1-, 2- or 3-dimensions. These changes are routinely utilized in a number of applications.

In recent years, the study of temperature-sensitive materials, devices and systems has become an inter-disciplinary topic of enormous interest to material scientists, engineers and practitioners. Specific case studies that are of interest to the scientific community include the following:

Temperature sensitive hydrogels in biomedical applications
Temperature induced color changes in polymers
Temperature sensitive fabrics for monitoring temperature of the skin
Microfluidic actuators based on temperature-responsive hydrogels
Temperature-sensitive cathode materials for safer lithium-ion batteries
Temperature sensors based on semiconducting oxides
Energy Storage in phase change materials

Of late, there has been a growing trend to integrate materials, devices, circuits and systems in a number of applications. For example, the solar photovoltaics–thermoelectrics hybrid systems benefit from the available solar energy to produce useful electricity while at the same time, facilitating to recover the wasted heat from the solar cell panels. Research on thermoelectrics continues to focus on improvement in efficiency and reduction in costs.

Investigations on temperature sensitive materials and devices have significant applications in the aerospace, automotive and transportation, communications, defense, electronics, energy and environment, food, health and space related industry.

The proposed Special Issue on “Advanced Temperature Sensitive Materials, Devices & Systems” invites authors to contribute their research on the above related topics.

Prof. Nuggehalli M. Ravindra (Ravi)
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

Semiconductors
2-D Materials
Polymers
Thermoelectrics
Phase Change Materials
Composites
Coatings
Drug Release
Batteries
Sensors
Batteries
Metals
Solar Cells
Magnetic Materials and Devices
Thermophotovoltaics
Thermal Management

Published Papers (1 paper)

Research

10 pages, 1840 KiB

Open AccessFeature PaperArticle

Novel Superhydrophobic Surface with Solar-Absorptive Material for Improved De-Icing Performance

by Joseph Gonzales, Daiki Kurihara, Tetsuro Maeda, Masafumi Yamazaki, Takahito Saruhashi, Shigeo Kimura and Hirotaka Sakaue

Materials 2019, 12(17), 2758; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12172758 - 28 Aug 2019

Cited by 10 | Viewed by 2990

Abstract

Ice accretion is detrimental to numerous industries, including infrastructure, power generation, and aviation applications. Currently, some of the leading de-icing technologies utilize a heating source coupled with a superhydrophobic surface. This superhydrophobic surface reduces the power consumption by the heating element. Further power consumption reduction in these systems can be achieved through an increase in passive heat generation through absorption of solar radiation. In this work, a superhydrophobic surface with increased solar radiation absorption is proposed and characterized. An existing icephobic surface based on a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) microstructure was modified through the addition of graphite microparticles. The proposed surface maintains hydrophobic performance nearly identical to the original superhydrophobic coating as demonstrated by contact and roll-off angles within 2.5% of the original. The proposed graphite coating also has an absorptivity coefficient under exposure to solar radiation 35% greater than typical PTFE-based coatings. The proposed coating was subsequently tested in an icing wind tunnel, and showed an 8.5% and 50% decrease in melting time for rime and glaze ice conditions, respectively. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Temperature Sensitive Materials, Devices and Systems)

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