Thermochromic and thermotropic materials

Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-216

  Seeboth, Arno ^a   Lötzsch, Detlef ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CHROMOGENICS;

APPLICATION-ORIENTED; CHROMOGENIC MATERIALS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; FOCUS OF RESEARCHES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS; THERMO-OPTICAL EFFECTS; THERMOCHROMIC MATERIALS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84974623396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4032/9789814411035     Document Type: Book

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