Today while revealing the scientific world in its full flavour I just can’t miss the emerging refrigerating technique employed by researchers in the U.K. using thin oxide films made from the mineral perovskite.



The thin oxide films, discovered by Alex Mischenko of the University of Cambridge and his team, are 100 times more efficient than the current refrigeration techniques applied. The film is cooled through ‘electrocaloric effect’ in which ‘an applied electric field is removed from them’.



It’s a commendable breakthrough opening door for the elimination of environmentally harmful chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons and production of environment friendly home appliances.



Even magnetic refrigeration systems are quite effective in the same field.



Thanks: Belle Dume



Via: physicsweb