Thermal energy management materials encompass engineered solids, fluids, and composites designed to control heat generation, transport, storage, and dissipation in devices, buildings, and wearables. The area integrates thermoelectric and thermomagnetic converters, elastocaloric and solid-state heat pumps, phase-change and thermochromic systems, and radiative or evaporative cooling structures, often with microfluidic or porous architectures. Emerging work couples these materials with machine learning, additive manufacturing, and bioinspired designs to optimize thermal performance, efficiency, and adaptability across scales from electronics to infrastructure.
Electronics & Semiconductors
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel thermoelectric (TE) film, capable of powering LED lights using a mere 1.5°C temperature difference between the human body and ambient air. This innovative technology ...
Nov 21, 2025
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Engineering
The poplar (Populus alba) has a unique survival strategy: when exposed to hot and dry conditions, it curls its leaves to expose the ventral surface, reflecting sunlight, and at night, the moisture condensed on the leaf surface ...
Nov 20, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The average global temperature has risen by 1.5 C since the pre-industrial era due to climate change, and it is poised to continue increasing. In response, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has developed the Global ...
Nov 18, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A research team led by Prof. Hu Weijin from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with partners, has developed a one-second fabrication method for wafer-scale energy ...
Nov 18, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Electronic signs are all around us, giving directions or advertising the latest gadget. In ACS Energy Letters, researchers report that they've developed a dynamic display technology that dissipates heat instead of generating ...
Nov 12, 2025
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Engineering
Integrated photonics has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but it is feeling the heat—literally.
Nov 6, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Despite lithium-ion (Li) batteries' role as one of the most widely used forms of energy storage, they struggle to operate at full power in low temperatures and sometimes even explode at high temperatures. Researchers at Penn ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the University of Sydney and start-up Dewpoint Innovations have developed a nanoengineered polymer paint-like coating that can passively cool buildings and capture water directly from the air—all without energy ...
Nov 3, 2025
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Engineering
There's a lion's share of potential energy in the vibrations produced by footsteps on dance floors, exercise machines in the gym, or the engines of cars, planes or construction equipment. Some tech companies have already ...
Oct 29, 2025
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Engineering
Nuclear power plants provide 20% of the nation's energy. To ensure they remain functional and safe to operate, plant engineers rely on sensors to provide feedback on a wide range of parameters, including temperature; reactor ...
Oct 29, 2025
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