The infrared camouflage textile materials with soft and wear-resistant properties can effectively reduce the possibility of soldiers and military equipment being exposed to infrared detectors. In this paper, the infrared camouflage textile composites...
Constructing protective coatings that simultaneously combine anti-icing and corrosion-resistant properties is of great significance for applications such as power facilities. In this study, methyltriethoxysilane (MTES) was used as the film-forming ma...
With the continuous growth in global energy consumption and the increase in the proportion of energy use attributed to buildings, the development of highly efficient and energy-saving building materials has become necessary for reducing energy demand...
The development of phase change materials (PCMs) for window applications with both high optical transparency and effective temperature regulation is crucial for passive energy saving. However, liquid leakage during phase transition and enhanced inter...
The flammability of rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF) limits its application. A new type of chitosan phase-change microcapsule (CS/PCM) was successfully prepared by the condensation method with chitosan and gum acacia as the wall material and paraffin a...
Due to energy shortages and the greenhouse effect, the efficient use of energy through phase-change materials (PCMs) is gaining increased attention. In this study, magnetic phase-change microcapsules (Mag-mc) were prepared by suspension polymerizatio...
Phase change energy storage microcapsules were synthesized in situ by using melamine-formaldehyde–urea co-condensation resin (MUF) as wall material, n-octadecane (C18) as core material and styryl-maleic anhydride copolymer (SMA) as emulsifier....
Waste heat and organic contaminants are significant issues in water pollution, which has caused ecological problems and threatened human health. To provide an effective solution for wastewater recovery, we designed a novel type of multifunctional pha...
This study employs a mono-caprylate waterborne polyurethane microencapsulation technique to construct a core–shell phase-change microcapsule system with a structured composite core material. By integrating a silica network with phase change mat...
The heat released during the industrial gas adsorption (e.g., volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) on adsorbents (e.g., activated carbon) would lead to the risks of fire and explosion in the adsorption column. Herein, a novel highly-porous Vinylbenzyl...
Multifunctional thermal regulation materials with good thermal properties, efficient magnetic performance, and satisfactory interface bonding on fabrics are highly desirable for protective fabrics, building winter protection materials, medical therma...
In this paper, a phase change microcapsule suspension MPCMS25 with a mass fraction of 10% was prepared with TH-ME25 as the phase change microcapsule particles and deionized water as the base fluid. The experimental benches of the Building Integrated...
This article reports the design and manufacture of colored microcapsules with specific functions and their application in architectural interior wall coating. Utilizing reactive dyes grafted SiO2 shell to encapsulate paraffin through interfacial poly...
In recent decades, microcapsules containing phase change materials (microPCMs) have been the center of much attention in the field of latent thermal energy storage. The aim of this work was to prepare and investigate the microstructure and thermal co...
The mechanical behavior of phase-change microcapsules (microPCMs) is of vital significance for practical applications in thermal energy storage. Hence, a new type of microPCMs based on an n-octadecane (C18) core and a melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF)...
The phase change microcapsule (mPCM) is one of the primary candidates in the fields of energy storage and thermal regulation. In this study, electro-spraying, as a green, high-efficiency electrohydrodynamic atomization technology, is applied to the m...
In this paper, a kind of microcapsule containing phase change material of n-octadecane was successfully synthesized based on in situ polymerization where trimethylol melamine and hexamethylol melamine were shell materials. We used different emulsific...
Phase-change microcapsules offer significant advantages for thermal energy storage and regulation. However, conventional mechanical agitation fabrication methods encounter difficulties in achieving monodispersity, precise size control, and structural...
Microencapsulation of phase change materials (PCMs) could prevent the leakage of PCMs during solid–liquid phase change process. However, their applications are mainly limited by the compactness and thermal stability of the traditional polyurea shell...
In order to enhance the application of thermoregulated materials, magnetic phase change microcapsules were prepared using a self-assembly method. Paraffin wax was chosen for its fine thermoregulation properties as the core material, while Fe3O4 nanop...
With the fast development of the cold chain transportation industry, the traditional refrigeration method results in significant energy consumption. To address the national call for energy saving and emission reduction, the search for a new type of e...
In the preparation of microencapsulated phase change materials (MicroPCMs) with a three-composition shell through interfacial polymerization, the particle size, phase change behaviors, core contents, encapsulation efficiency morphology, thermal stabi...
Icing is a common physical phenomenon, and the icing of wind turbine blades can significantly affect the performance of wind turbines. Therefore, researching methods to prevent icing is of great significance, and the coating method of anti-icing is a...
n-Eicosane-melamine formaldehyde microcapsules of an average size of 1.1 μm and latent heat of fusion of 146.2 ± 5.3 J/g have been prepared. They have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, calorimetric techn...
Phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively utilized in latent thermal energy storage (TES) and thermal management systems to bridge the gap between thermal energy supply and demand in time and space, which have received unprecedented attenti...
Paraffin, the most common phase change material, has been widely utilized as the core component in thermal energy storage in the form of microcapsules. In this study, semi-crystalline paraffin is capsulated into a poly(urea-formaldehyde) (PUF) shell...
Microencapsulated phase change materials (MicroPCMs)-incorporated in epoxy composites have drawn increasing interest due to their promising application potential in the fields of thermal energy storage and temperature regulation. However, the study o...
With the rapid development of infrared detection methods and military surveillance technologies, flexible and wearable infrared stealth materials (ISM) have attracted increasing attention. Inspired by the layered structure of penguins’ fat&ndas...
The aim of the study was the combination of two measurement methods, the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and infrared thermography to evaluate thermal performance of woven and knitted fabrics coated with acrylic pastes containing 20% (P/20) a...
Butyl stearate and polyurea resin polymerized via toluene-2, 4-diisocyanate (TDI) and diethylene triamine (DETA) were respectively used as the core material and the shell material in preparing MicroPCMs. The phase change properties, chemical structur...
Based on active heating materials (the phase change microcapsules (microPCMs)) and passive insulating materials (SiO2 aerogel), a new-type multilayer low temperature protective composite fabric (MPF) was designed and manufactured to meet the demands...
To enhance the thermal stability and permeability resistance, a comb-like polymer with crystallizable side chains was fabricated as solid-solid phase change materials (PCMs) inside the cores of microcapsules and nanocapsules prepared via in-situ poly...
Facing the challenges of temperature gradient-induced soil cracking and delamination in earthen ruins like Gaochang Ancient City, this study develops a novel phase change microcapsule (MPCM) grouting material designed for dual functionality: structur...
Offshore wind turbine blades in cold marine environments are exposed to low-temperature, high-humidity, and saline-droplet conditions, under which the melting behavior, interfacial sliding, and de-icing energy demand of saline ice differ from those o...
This study aims to develop a novel low-heat cement slurry using phase change microcapsule additives to reduce the decomposition of hydrate-bearing sediments during cementing. Microcapsules were prepared by coating mixed alkanes with polymethyl methac...
The accuracy of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) used in the dynamic method, which is the method most widely used to measure the thermal performance of existing phase-change materials (PCMs), is limited when measuring the phase-change range an...
Phase-change materials (PCMs) are gradually being applied in the field of building energy conservation due to their ability to absorb and release heat through phase changes within a specific temperature range. This study prepared a paraffin-microenca...
Electrospraying is considered to be a green, high-efficiency method for synthesizing phase change microcapsules (mPCMs) for possible applications in the fields of energy storage and thermal regulation. In this study, a coaxial nozzle was used to prep...
Thermal energy storage (TES) has been identified by many researchers as one of the cost-effective solutions for not only storing excess or/wasted energy, but also improving systems’ reliability and thermal efficiency. Among TES, phase change ma...
The synthesis of rigid polyurethane (RPU) foams containing thermoregulatory microcapsules has been carried out under reduced pressure conditions with a new foaming formulation to reduce the final composite densities. These optimized RPU foams were ab...
A new kind of bifunctional microcapsule containing a n-octadecane (OD) and thyme oil (TO) core based on polyurea shell designed for thermal energy storage and antibiosis was prepared successfully through interfacial polymerization. The scanning elect...
SiO2 encapsulated SnZnCu microspheres (several micrometers to about 30 μm in diameter) with very low undercooling, narrow freezing/melting range, and high thermal cycling stability have been produced and used as the temperature stabilizer of the p...
Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is one of the most important processes in gasoline/diesel oil production, but the strong endothermic effect accompanied by this reaction often results in the deactivation of the catalyst. In this paper, a novel multifun...
The escalating energy crisis and global warming drive the demand for all-season self-regulating functional textiles. This study presents a Janus smart textile that combines phase change energy storage with active and passive heating modes, electromag...
This study investigates the design and performance of lime mortars incorporating multi-phase change material (multi-PCM) systems as thermally responsive rendering materials for building-envelope applications under variable conditions. Moving beyond c...
Photo-responsive microencapsulated phase-change materials (MEPCMs) are attracting growing interest for their significant potential in solar energy applications and advanced intelligent thermal management systems, owing to their exceptional capacity f...
To enhance the performance of microencapsulated phase change material (MPCM) mortar, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) was incorporated. This study tested the mortar’s consistency, water retention, water absorption, compressive strength, an...
In this study, a strategy based on microfluidic method is developed toward a facile fabrication of phase change material microcapsules with uniform and controllable particle size as well as high encapsulation ratio and thermal stability. N-hexadecane...
Phase Change Material (PCM) is mainly used in thermal energy storage. The addition of small PCM particles to the working fluid circulating in the heat exchange systems allowed to increase the amount of transported energy thanks to the use of latent h...
An ice slurry or an emulsion of a phase change material (PCM) is a multiphase working fluid from the so-called Latent Functional Thermal Fluid (LFTF) group. LFTF is a fluid that uses, in addition to specific heat, the specific enthalpy of the phase c...
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