The barocaloric effect: A Spin-off of the Discovery of High-Temperature Superconductivity

TL;DR

This paper summarizes key discoveries in barocaloric cooling effects and high-temperature superconductivity, highlighting joint research with Alex Müller involving neutron scattering experiments and their implications for advanced cooling technologies.

Contribution

It introduces the barocaloric effect as a novel cooling mechanism and links it to high-temperature superconductivity research, providing new insights from neutron scattering studies.

Findings

Identification of the barocaloric effect as a new cooling phenomenon

Experimental results from neutron scattering on high-temperature superconductors

Potential applications of the barocaloric effect in cooling technologies

Abstract

Some key results obtained in joint research projects with Alex M\"uller are summarized, concentrating on the invention of the barocaloric effect and its application for cooling as well as on important findings in the field of high-temperature superconductivity resulting from neutron scattering experiments.