Thermotropic and thermochromic polymer based materials for adaptive solar control

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5143-5168

  Seeboth, Arno ^a   Ruhmann, Ralf ^a   Mühling, Olaf ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polymer; Solar control; Sun protection; Thermochromic; Thermotropic

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; SOLAR CONTROL; SUN PROTECTION; THERMO-CHROMIC; THERMOCHROMIC MATERIALS; THERMOCHROMIC POLYMERS; THERMOTROPIC; THERMOTROPIC PROPERTIES;

CHROMOGENICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

RESINS;

EID: 84863156656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3125143     Document Type: Article

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