The search for new and improved materials to use in thermal energy storage has been ongoing for decades. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered an exciting new property in certain artificial sweeteners that could revolutionize the way we store and use thermal energy. The team found that artificial sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose and saccharin can be used to store and transfer heat, a property known as thermophoresis. This discovery could pave the way for much more efficient and cost-effective solutions to thermal energy storage.

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source: Phys.org