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From: Synthesis and Characterization of Solid-State Phase Change Material Microcapsules for Thermal Management Applications
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Process of synthesizing NPG in silica microcapsules. (a) Mixing water phase into cyclohexane with surfactant; (b) adding TEOS to the mixture; (c) hydrolysis of TEOS to form silica shell; and (d) collection of microcapsules.

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(a) SEM and (c) TEM images of as-synthesized microcapsules of NPG in silica shell, and (b) SEM and (d) TEM images of wrinkled silica shell after NPG is removed. Inserted in (a) is a histogram of the particle size distribution of the NPG-silica microcapsules.

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FT-IR spectra of sample (a) silica, (b) NPG, and (c) NPG-silica microcapsules

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Atomic distribution of the NPG-silica microcapsules measured using the EDS technique

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DSC heating and cooling curves of samples, (a) pure, bulk NPG, (b) dispersions of pure NPG micro-particles in PAO, and (c) dispersions of 20 wt. % NPG-silica microcapsules in PAO

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Calculated effective heat capacity of dispersion of NPG particles and dispersions of NPG-silica microcapsules

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Dynamic viscosities of pure PAO and PAO containing 20 wt. % microcapsules in versus temperature