It's been a while since I took solid state physics, but haven't similar properties been used before?
For example a peltier cooler uses the non-conserved entropic flow of holes and electrons as a heat pump.
From a thermodynamic perspective temperature also includes aspects of entropy. Negative temperature systems are in fact "hot," but the entropic properties lead it to be negative.
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