Intelligent Multifunctional VO2/SiO2/TiO2 Coatings for Self-Cleaning, Energy-Saving Window Panels

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1369-1376

  Powell, Michael J ^a   Quesada Cabrera, Raul ^a   Taylor, Alaric ^a   Teixeira, Diana ^a   Papakonstantinou, Ioannis ^a   Palgrave, Robert G ^a   Sankar, Gopinathan ^a   Parkin, Ivan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; DEPOSITION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MODULATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SCALABILITY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING LOADS; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SOLAR CONTROL COATINGS; THERMOCHROMIC BEHAVIOR;

VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84960436170     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04419     Document Type: Article

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