BACKGROUND If a fixed stress is applied to the three-dimensional z-axis of a solid material, followed by heating, the amount of thermal expansion increases according to a fixed coefficient of thermal expansion. When expansion is plotted against temperature, the transition temperature at which the physical properties of the material change is at the apex of the curve. The composition of a microb...

[FeL3][BF4]2·xH2O (L = 3-(pyrazinyl)-1H-pyrazole) shows negative thermal expansion between 150-240 K but positive thermal expansion at 240-300 K, linked to rearrangement of anions and water molecules within pores in the lattice.

DFT calculations have been used to provide insights into the origin of the colossal positive and negative thermal expansion in Ag3[Co(CN)6]. The results confirm that the positive expansion within the trigonal basal plane and the negative expansion in the orthogonal direction are coupled due to the existence of a network defined by nearly-rigid bonds within the chains of Co–C–N–Ag–N– C–Co linkag...

in saturated soils, heating induces thermal expansion of both grains and the pore fluid. lower thermal expansion coefficient of aggregates results in the increase of pore pressure and reduction of the effective stress besides subsequent volume changes due to the dissipation of pore pressure and heat transfer. dissipation of thermally induced pore pressure with time is a coupled thermo-hydro-mec...

The microstructures of chemical vapor deposited coatings on four tool inserts have been comprehensively characterized using electron backscatter diffraction mapping and these data have been used as input for finite element models used to calculate the residual thermal strains in the coatings. The results indicate that the thermal strains and stored elastic energy in the α-Al2O3 layer are larger...

The K-value (the overall heat transfer coefficient) is an important factor to reflect thermal performance of the covering material in a green house. The measuring process of K -value was burdensome in labors, low accuracy, complicated in dealing with data that is difficult to meet the development of modern agriculture. New testing methods need to be developed, and specially designed for greenho...

Advanced engineered matrix composites (EMCs) require that the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the engineered matrix (EM) matches those of the fiber reinforcements as closely as possible in order to reduce thermal compatibility strains during heating and cooling of the composites. The present paper proposes a general concept for designing suitable matrices for long fiber reinforced com...

Materials with engineered thermal expansion, capable of achieving targeted area/volume changes in response to variations in temperature, are important for a number of aerospace, optical, energy, and microelectronic applications. While most of the proposed structures with engineered coefficient of thermal expansion consist of bi-material 2D or 3D lattices, here it is shown that origami metamater...

This study provides thermal expansion data for blood vessels permeated with the cryoprotective cocktail DP6, when combined with selected synthetic ice modulators (SIMs): 12% polyethylene glycol 400, 6% 1,3-cyclohexanediol, and 6% 2,3-butanediol. The general classification of SIMs includes molecules that modulate ice nucleation and growth, or possess properties of stabilizing the amorphous state...