Applications of Crystalline Materials in Elastocaloric Devices
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials for Energy Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 94
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solid-state cooling and heat pumping; magnetocaloric; elastocaloric; electrocaloric; barocaloric; renewable energy; earth to air heat exchangers; ground source heat pump; vapor compression; phase change materials
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Interests: elastocalorics; solid-state cooling and heat pumping; magnetocaloric; elastocaloric; electrocaloric; barocaloric; renewable energy; earth to air heat exchangers; ground source heat pump; vapor compression; phase change materials
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Interests: elastocaloric models; solid-state cooling and heat pumping; magnetocaloric; elastocaloric; electrocaloric; barocaloric; renewable energy; earth to air heat exchangers; ground source heat pump; vapor compression; phase change materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solid-state devices based on crystalline materials with elastocaloric effects represent an emerging field focused on exploiting the elastocaloric effect for cooling and air conditioning applications. The elastocaloric effect is a physical phenomenon detected in crystalline materials, such shape memory alloys, whereby a temperature change occurs as a consequence of loading/unloading cycles through a mechanical field under adiabatic conditions. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present papers demonstrating advancements in research on crystalline elastocaloric materials and their contributions to the establishment of elastocaloric technology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, advancements in the development of crystalline materials and devices for air conditioning; the preparation, testing, and characterization of crystalline materials; and the application of crystalline materials in actuators and driving components.
Dr. Claudia Masselli
Prof. Dr. Adriana Greco
Dr. Luca Cirillo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- elastocaloric
- shape memory alloys
- austenite–martensite transformations
- solid-state cooling
- solid-state heat pumping
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