Switchable Materials for Smart Windows

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 283-304

  Wang, Yang ^a   Runnerstrom, Evan L ^a,b   Milliron, Delia J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b No 1760   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochromism; Nanocrystals; Photochromism; Surface plasmon; Thermochromism

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CHROMOGENICS; ELECTROCHROMISM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCHROMISM; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMONS;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; COLORATION EFFICIENCIES; NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; THERMOCHROMIC MATERIALS; THERMOCHROMISM; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

INFRARED DEVICES;

COLORING AGENT; GLASS; METAL; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COLORING AGENTS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; GLASS; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84973649165     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-080615-034647     Document Type: Review

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