A bioinspired solution for spectrally selective thermochromic VO2 coated intelligent glazing

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 105, 2013, Pages A750-A764

  Taylor, Alaric ^a   Parkin, Ivan ^a   Noor, Nuruzzaman ^a   Tummeltshammer, Clemens ^a   Brown, Mark S ^a   Papakonstantinou, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE METRICS; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE; VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

OXIDE; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE; VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LIGHT; MOTH; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; MOTHS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OXIDES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84884547680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A750     Document Type: Article

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