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ArticleScience advances2026

Highly ordered rubbers with a giant elastocaloric effect.

Yuheng Fu, Shixian Zhang, Borui Li, Lijia Wang, Yibo Zhang, Zhiwei Ye, Youshuang Zhou, Juan Yi, Hongmei Qin, Qiu Shi and 5 more

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Yuheng FuState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2850-9103
Shixian ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2410-4560
Borui LiState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
Lijia WangState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yibo ZhangState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2442-0555
Zhiwei YeState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
Youshuang ZhouSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0009-0002-7550-6869
Juan YiState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hongmei QinState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
Qiu ShiState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
Quanling YangState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7013-419X
Shan WangState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6565-1814
Chuanxi XiongState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0878-0884
Shuai NieState Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6738-8044
Qing WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5968-3235

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Abstract

Rubbers have emerged as the leading candidates for solid-state refrigerants in elastocaloric cooling, owing to their low driving force and high coefficient of performance. However, their elastocaloric effect is generally limited by the intrinsic disorder nature of their molecular chains. Here, we report that the rubbers synthesized from a cycloaliphatic diisocyanate and an ordered polyol exhibit both high short- and long-range ordering, giving rise to strain-induced crystallinity of ordered chains up to 66.3%. Consequently, the structurally optimized rubber demonstrates an adiabatic temperature change of 20.1 kelvin and an isothermal entropy change of 179.8 joules per kilogram per kelvin, greatly surpassing previously reported elastocaloric polymers. Moreover, we develop a rubber-based roll-to-roll stretching refrigeration device that addresses the key limitations of conventional stress-based elastocaloric polymer devices.

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