The main goal of the proposed Task is to support TES materials R&D by
- developing measurement guidelines for material properties,
- providing an overview of new and innovative PCM and TCM as well as related synthesis and production methods,
- establishing a high-quality TES materials database, and
- disseminating lessons learnt from previous ES TCP Tasks on compact TES.
An additional goal is to elaborate a plan for a permanent activity which allows a continuation of, first, the strong collaboration among the material scientists, second, the development of measurement guidelines through round robin tests, and, third, the maintenance and expansion of the materials database.