Achieving broadband microwave shielding, thermal management, and smart window in energy‐efficient buildings

S Tan, S Guo, Y Wu, T Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Energy‐efficient building materials are eye‐catching for reducing indoor energy
consumption via eliminating electromagnetic interference and pollution, controlling the …

Application of new energy thermochromic composite thermosensitive materials of smart windows in recent years

YQ Feng, ML Lv, M Yang, WX Ma, G Zhang, YZ Yu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thermochromic smart windows technology can intelligently regulate indoor solar radiation
by changing indoor light transmittance in response to thermal stimulation, thus reducing …

Robust solvatochromic gels for self‐defensive smart windows

S Chen, G Jiang, J Zhou, G Wang, Y Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Smart materials that can dynamically modulate incident light provide a broad prospect for
the development of smart windows. However, the absence of capability to create smart …

Transparent wood with phase change heat storage as novel green energy storage composites for building energy conservation

R Xia, W Zhang, Y Yang, J Zhao, Y Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transparent wood is a great potential biomass building material with good insulation and
optical properties for the rapid growth building energy consumption and increasing …

Recent progress on preparation strategies of liquid crystal smart windows

L Luo, Y Liang, Y Feng, D Mo, Y Zhang, J Chen - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Liquid crystal (LC) smart windows that are able to regulate natural light by changing the
optical transmittance in response to external stimulus have become an effective way to …

Hybrid thermochromic microgels based on UCNPs/PNIPAm hydrogel for smart window with enhanced solar modulation

J Tian, H Peng, X Du, H Wang, X Cheng… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy-efficient smart windows can control solar energy transmission, which is one of the
most promising ways to reduce building energy consumption. However, the current …

Mechanism and regulation of LCST behavior in poly (hydroxypropyl acrylate)-based temperature-sensitive hydrogels

F Chen, G Lu, H Yuan, R Li, J Nie, Y Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The hydrogels with the LCST (low critical solution temperature) behavior undergo dramatic
changes at their transition temperature due to phase separation, such as volume contraction …

Efficient Heat Shielding and Ultraviolet Isolating Transparent Wood via In Situ Generation of TiO2 Nanoparticles

T Wu, Y Xu, Z Cui, H Li, K Wang, L Kang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As a new energy-saving building material, optically transparent wood (TW) shows great
application potential due to its performance in high light transmittance, high haze, and …

Tailoring broad-band-absorbed thermoplasmonic 1D nanochains for smart windows with adaptive solar modulation

M Guo, Q Yu, X Wang, W Xu, Y Wei, Y Ma… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Controlling solar transmission through windows promises to reduce building energy
consumption. A new smart window for adaptive solar modulation is presented in this work …

Highly durable, thermally stable, semi-transparent superhydrophobic surfaces for easy-cleaning of contaminants

HS Lim, YH Park, S Jeong, HJ Kim, GJ Shin… - Progress in Organic …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of smart electronic devices, the importance of surface-protective
coatings is rapidly increasing. Superhydrophobic surfaces are promising protective coatings …