Bionics in textiles: flexible and translucent thermal insulations for Solar thermal applications

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1894, 2009, Pages 1749-1758

  Stegmaier, Thomas ^a   Linke, Michael ^a   Planck, Heinrich ^a  

^a Deutsche Institute für Textil und Faserforschung DITF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Bionics; Polar bear; Solar thermal collector; Textile; Transparent thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; BIONICS; BIOPHYSICS; DUST COLLECTORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INSULATING MATERIALS; PERMAFROST; RUBBER; SILICONES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; TEXTILES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLLECTOR SYSTEMS; FLOW SYSTEMS; HEAT INSULATION; HEAVY MATERIALS; INCIDENT LIGHT; INSULATION MATERIALS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; POLAR BEAR; POLAR BEARS; POLYMER FIBRES; SILICONE RUBBER; SILICONE SURFACES; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; TRANSPARENT THERMAL INSULATION; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

THERMAL INSULATION;

POLYMER; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOMIMETICS; BIONICS; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAIR; HEAT; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TEXTILE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIONICS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAIR; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TEXTILES; URSIDAE;

EID: 67149096169     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0019     Document Type: Article

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