CPC F25B 23/00 (2013.01) [D02G 3/44 (2013.01); D10B 2401/06 (2013.01); F03G 7/0612 (2021.08); F03G 7/0615 (2021.08); F03G 7/06113 (2021.08); H02N 10/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2925 (2015.01)] | 20 Claims |
20. An article comprising a mechanocaloric cooler, wherein
(a) the mechanocaloric cooler comprises a cooling element selected from a group consisting of:
(i) cooling elements comprising a fiber or yarn that is in a highly twisted state, a partially or fully coiled state, or a partially of fully supercoiled state during one part of a cooling cycle and in a low twisted or non-twist state in another part of the cooling cycle;
(ii) cooling elements comprising a fiber or yarn array that is in a highly plied state in one part of the cooling cycle and in a largely non-plied state in another part of the cooling cycle;
(iii) cooling elements that are partially coiled, fully coiled, partially supercoiled, or fully supercoiled, which either cool when stretched or cool when stretch is released,
(b) the article is selected from a group consisting of (i) refrigerators, (ii) microfluidic circuits, (iii) thermochromic-coated fibers or textiles that undergo mechanothermochromic color changes when stretched, (iv) infrared emitting structures for attracting or repulsing infrared sensitive marine organisms, (v) infrared-emitting light sources for an insect trap, and (vi) remotely optically readable sensors for torsional strain, tensile strain, environmental conditions, or combinations thereof.
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