Preparation and characterization of microencapsulated phase change materials for use in building applications

Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Giro Paloma, Jessica ^a   Al Shannaq, Refat ^b   Fernández, Ana Inés ^a   Farid, Mohammed M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Microencapsulated phase change material; Nano indentation; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT STORAGE; INDENTATION; MICROENCAPSULATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SLURRIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUILDING APPLICATIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; SPHERICAL SHAPE;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84956621459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma9010011     Document Type: Article

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