title: Thermal fingerprint of silica encapsulated phase change nanoparticles.
abstract: This paper describes a new type of silica microspheres that contain a panel of phase change nanoparticles (Field's alloy, indium, tin or lead-tin eutectic alloy). The thermophysical properties of solid-liquid phase change nanoparticles, i.e., composition-dependent melting temperatures, sharp melting peaks, and large thermal scan range, allow construction of a large number of silica microspheres that have thermally distinguishable patterns of melting temperatures.
authors.affiliation: NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, FL 32826, USA.
authors.forename: Chaoming
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Minghui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mainul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Su