Materials that undergo an electronic phase change in a reversible manner open up new directions for research in light-matter interactions and photonic devices. The highly tunable dielectric properties ...

Phase change materials (PCMs) are an important building block for efficient thermal management. They can be used to conserve energy. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ...

In this study, we present the first demonstration of an organic nonparaffin phase-change material (PCM) as an air-tolerant medium for TTA-UC with a unique solid–liquid phase transition in response to ...

To enhance the photothermal response capability of phase change materials (PCMs), this study adopted a simple and efficient electrostatic self-assembly polymerization method. Using paraffin wax (PW) ...

Integration of chalcogenide phase-change material (PCM) with photonic circuits offers a practical route of introducing nonvolatile reconfiguration—a long-missing capability in integrated photonics.