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Elephant‐Skin‐Inspired Porous Cementitious Tiles with Programmable Crack Networks for Passive Cooling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Elephant‐skin‐inspired crack networks are programmed in porous diatomaceous earth (DE)‐cement composites using substrate‐guided, stress‐concentration induced fracture. The resulting crack lattices act as capillary conduits that redistribute water, while the porous matrix stores moisture.
Qingya Huang, Kun‐Hao Yu, Ji Yoon Bae, Yunchan Lee, Dorit Aviv, Shu Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Method of Deriving Shaded Fraction According to Shading Movements of Kinetic Façade

, 2017
Exterior dynamic shading devices, installed on “kinetic façades”, generate shaded areas of various shapes on windows according to the shape of the shading elements and the direction of their movement.
Dong-Seok Lee, Jae-Hun Jo, Su-Ji Choi
core   +1 more source

Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New‐Generation Integrated Devices: Multiple‐Energy Utilization and Integration Systems Based on Perovskite Photovoltaics

EcoEnergy, EarlyView.
This review highlights emerging integrated energy systems based on perovskite photovoltaics, including PSC–thermoelectric, photovoltaic–electrochemical, self‐charging, and building‐integrated architectures. By coupling multiple energy conversion and storage pathways, these multifunctional platforms enable enhanced solar utilization, improved stability,
Yihuai Huang, Wenguang Zhang, Yuchen Xiong, Zijun Yi, Changkai Huang, Qinghui Jiang, Abdul Basit, Guibin Shen, Yubo Luo, Xin Li, Junyou Yang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Survey of Methods for Constructing 3D Urban Models From Point Clouds

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
The survey outlines a general process for constructing 3D models from point clouds and categorizes the methods based on their use of templates, basic surface primitives, hybrid approaches, or linear primitives. Additionally, the survey reviews the datasets and benchmarks that are essential for testing and training the developed methods.
Chiara Romanengo, Silvia Biasotti, Bianca Falcidieno, Daniela Cabiddu, Elia Moscoso Thompson, Michela Spagnuolo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing a Kinetic Façade to Control Glare: Inspiration of Long-Day Plants Pattern

Journal of Daylighting
In this study, to control glare in buildings with glass facades, a kinetic facade was designed using a pattern inspired by nature. Accordingly, in this study, due to the essential similarity of buildings with plants regarding the inability to move and ...
Fatemeh Fallahi, Ferial Ahmadi, Mahdi Khakzand, Yaser Shahbazi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogels for Optical Applications: Mechanisms, Architectures, and Translational Challenges

Aggregate, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2026.
The review discusses stimuli‐responsive hydrogels as soft optical materials that translate physical, chemical, and biological cues into refractive‐index, scattering, birefringence, diffraction, and transparency changes. It examines major stimulus classes and photonic architectures for biosensing, waveguiding, adaptive lenses, smart windows, and therapy.
Andrés Bernal‐Ballén, Alexandr Dejneka, Oleg Lunov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate‐Sensitive Daylighting Design in India: Integrating Passive Strategies for Sustainable Building Performance

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 6, June 2026.
The manuscript contributes by: Providing the first structured, climate‐based synthesis specific to India. Highlighting methodological advances (CBDM, optimisation, AI approaches). Identifying research gaps in benchmarking, validation, and urban‐scale modeling.
Jayesh Dashrath Khaire, Sasmita Chand, Nirmalendu Sekhar Mishra, Jagdeep Kumar Nayak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy Performance Analysis of Kinetic Façades by Climate Zones

, 2023
Kinetic façades have been often used as a solution to reduce building energy consumption. Many researchers have been actively studying on energy reduction aspect of kinetic façades, but the energy performance of kinetic façades in a spectrum of climate ...
Wu, Chengde
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ANP model for evaluating the performance of adaptive façade systems in complex commercial buildings

, 2022
PurposeDecisions taken during the early design of adaptive façades involving kinetic, active and responsive envelope for complex commercial buildings have a substantial effect on inclusive building functioning and the comfort level of inhabitants.
Yitmen, Ibrahim,, Al-Musaed, Amjad,, Yücelgazi, Fikri,   +2 more
core   +1 more source