barocaloric

English

Etymology

From baro- +‎ caloric.

Adjective

barocaloric (not comparable)

1. Producing heat when under pressure
   • 2016, Tapas Samanta, Pol Lloveras, Ahmad Us Saleheen, Daniel L. Lepkowski, Emily Kramer, Igor Dubenko, Philip W. Adams, David P. Young, Maria Barrio, Josep Ll. Tamarit, Naushad Ali, Shane Stadler, “The emergence of giant multicaloric phenomena near room temperature”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Here we introduce a new material that not only displays giant barocaloric (hydrostatic-pressure-induced) properties, but also a large magnetocaloric response near room temperature.

Related terms

• barocalorics