Energy Efficient Glazing for Adaptive Solar Control Fabricated with Photothermotropic Hydrogels Containing Graphene Oxide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Dowan ^a   Lee, Eunsu ^a   Lee, Heon Sang ^a   Yoon, Jinhwan ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84937470743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07646     Document Type: Article

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