Temperature control of light transmission using mixed system of silica hollow particles with nanoparticle shell and organic components

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1107-1113

  Fujiwara, Masahiro ^a   Shiokawa, Kumi ^a   Monobe, Hirosato ^a   Shimizu, Yo ^a  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Light transmission; Refractive index; Silica hollow particle; Smart glass; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GLASS; LIGHT CONTROL GLASS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIXTURES; NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; TRANSPARENCY;

COMPLETE CONTROL; HOLLOW PARTICLE; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SMART GLASS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84921520818     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508205p     Document Type: Article

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