Flexible photonic radiative cooling films: Fundamentals, fabrication and applications

W Xie, C Xiao, Y Sun, Y Fan, B Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic structures designed at sub‐wavelength scales have emerged as a promising
avenue for various energy applications, including cooling devices, water harvesting …

Flexible and semitransparent organic solar cells

Y Li, G Xu, C Cui, Y Li - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible and semitransparent organic solar cells (OSCs) have been regarded as the most
promising photovoltaic devices for the application of OSCs in wearable energy resources …

Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: from petroleum refining to polymeric materials

T Lee, PT Dirlam, JT Njardarson… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The production of elemental sulfur from petroleum refining has created a technological
opportunity to increase the valorization of elemental sulfur by the synthesis of high …

Emerging materials and strategies for passive daytime radiative cooling

W Gao, Y Chen - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, the growing demands for energy saving and accompanying heat
mitigation concerns, together with the vital goal for carbon neutrality, have drawn human …

Metamaterials and metasurfaces: A review from the perspectives of materials, mechanisms and advanced metadevices

A Ali, A Mitra, B Aïssa - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Throughout human history, the control of light, electricity and heat has evolved to become
the cornerstone of various innovations and developments in electrical and electromagnetic …

Hyperbolic metamaterials: From dispersion manipulation to applications

Z Guo, H Jiang, H Chen - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Manipulating the properties of the isofrequency contours (IFCs) of materials provides a
powerful means of controlling the interaction between light and matter. Hyperbolic …

[HTML][HTML] Thermally drawn advanced functional fibers: New frontier of flexible electronics

W Yan, C Dong, Y Xiang, S Jiang, A Leber, G Loke… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Electronic devices are evolving from rigid devices into flexible and stretchable structures,
enabling a seamless integration of electronics into our everyday lives. The integration of a …

Artificial phototropism for omnidirectional tracking and harvesting of light

X Qian, Y Zhao, Y Alsaid, X Wang, M Hua… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Many living organisms track light sources and halt their movement when alignment is
achieved. This phenomenon, known as phototropism, occurs, for example, when plants self …

Ultrabroadband photonic structures to achieve high-performance daytime radiative cooling

E Rephaeli, A Raman, S Fan - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
If properly designed, terrestrial structures can passively cool themselves through radiative
emission of heat to outer space. For the first time, we present a metal-dielectric photonic …

Nanometre optical coatings based on strong interference effects in highly absorbing media

MA Kats, R Blanchard, P Genevet, F Capasso - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Optical coatings, which consist of one or more films of dielectric or metallic materials, are
widely used in applications ranging from mirrors to eyeglasses and photography lenses …