Thermal conductivity switching in Sm 1− x Gd x S over a broad temperature window via a pressure-induced, thermally revertible hysteretic phase transition

2026/01/01 by Ankita Saha, Yudan Li, Chuting Cai +2 · 1 voice
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Rare-earth and actinide compounds

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d6mh00642f

openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/06/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Active thermal conductivity switching with different “on” and “off” triggers in Sm 1− x Gd x S occurs over a broad temperature range by utilizing the highly hysteretic rock salt-to-rock salt metal–insulator phase transition.

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