PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS FROM WAX-BASED COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS AND THEIR PROCESS OF MAKING

This invention generally relates to phase-change materials (PCM or PCM materials) made from colloidally-protected wax-based microstructures. This invention also relates to such PCM materials configured in various physical forms. This invention further relates to a process of configuring such PCM materials for a variety of end-use applications in which dampening of temperature fluctuations by absorption and desorption of heat is desired. This invention further relates to preparing colloidally-protected wax-based microstructures in particulate form that function as PCM materials.