In this article a realistic model of main-chain liquid crystal elastomers is introduced and by Monte Carlo simulations it is shown that a large elastocaloric exceeding 10 K could be expected in the vicinity of the nematic transition.
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We consider systems exhibiting a temperature driven thermodynamic first order phase transition that could be exploited for thermal stabilization and thermal transport devices.
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Here we demonstrate the existence of a sufficiently large nemato-smectic energy reservoir that enables large caloric effects over 7 K.
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