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Thermochromic Materials as Passive Roof Technology: Their Impact on Building Energy Performance

Energies, 2022
Over the last few years, new materials have been developed which a priori, appear to improve passive energy efficiency in buildings. This article focuses on chromogenic devices that allow changing their optical properties in a reversible manner through ...
Eva Crespo Sánchez, David Masip Vilà
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Radar-chromatic compatible stealth performance based on adaptive thermochomic materials

Journal of Aeronautical Materials
Adaptive thermochromic materials can meet the requirements of military dynamic camouflage application in the visible light band. However，a single thermochromic material is not suitable for the development of the battlefield as the requirements of the ...
LOU Hongfei, ZHANG Xubo, GENG Xiaochao, NI Yang, ZHANG Qunfang, YOU Wenbin, SONG Jiupeng   +6 more
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Stability Aspects of UV-Curable Prints on Pressure-Sensitive Labels Facestock Made from Agro-Industrial By-Products

Macromol, 2023
During its life cycle, packaging comes into contact with various substances and even those it protects. Thus, for example, oil, water, and alcohol, if spilled on the packaging, can damage its functionality.
Ivan Malenica, Marina Golik Krizmanić, Marina Vukoje, Rahela Kulčar, Katarina Itrić Ivanda   +4 more
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Scalable and waterborne titanium-dioxide-free thermochromic coatings for self-adaptive passive radiative cooling and heating

Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022
Summary: Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is the most widely used white pigment for coatings, plastics, papers, and cosmetics, but its high price, high-pollution production process, and potential cancer risks have led to scientists and engineers attempting to ...
Tong Wang, Yinan Zhang, Min Chen, Min Gu, Limin Wu   +4 more
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Bubble Sensors for Temperature Measurements through a Colorimetric Approach

Sensors
This paper introduces an innovative sensor utilizing bubbles coated with thermochromic paint, aiming to facilitate temperature measurements in challenging-to-reach locations without the requirement of an external power source.
Carlo Trigona, Sara Panebianco, Rosaria Galvagno, Anna Maria Gueli   +3 more
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Electrospun microfibers with embedded leuco dye-based thermochromic material for textile applications

Journal of Industrial Textiles, 2022
Electrospinning is an inexpensive and versatile technique for fabricating micro- and nano- scaled fibers. There have been limited attempts to employ it for the fabrication of thermochromic (TC) fibers, and the fabrication of a three-component (dye ...
Keon Sahebkar, Sharan Indrakar, Sesha Srinivasan, Sylvia Thomas, Elias Stefanakos   +4 more
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Energy and Thermal Performance Analysis of PCM-Incorporated Glazing Units Combined with Passive and Active Techniques: A Review Study

Energies, 2023
The building envelope provides thermal comfort, an excellent visual view, and sunlight for the occupants. It consists of two parts: (i) an opaque (non-transparent) part (e.g., walls and roofs) and (ii) a transparent part (e.g., windows, curtain walls ...
Hossein Arasteh, Wahid Maref, Hamed H. Saber   +2 more
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Tunable Temperature Response of a Thermochromic Photonic Gel Sensor Containing N-Isopropylacrylamide and 4-Acryloyilmorpholine

Sensors, 2017
In this study, thermochromic photonic gels were fabricated using 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as a hydrogel building block, and 4-Acryloyl morpholine (ACMO) and N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM) as thermoresponsive monomers with different critical ...
Hwanam Kye, Young Gook Koh, Youkyung Kim, Sung Gu Han, Hyunjung Lee, Wonmok Lee   +5 more
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Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Miniature soft robots have great prospects to revolutionize minimally invasive treatments. Here we present a miniature soft robot, which can be reprogrammed to perform five surgical functionalities with six‐degrees‐of‐freedom motions. This soft robot can prospectively make minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable ...
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Yu Xuan Yeoh, Nicholas Yong Wei Foo, Keerthana Radhakrishnan, Guo Zhan Lum   +4 more
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An Exploration of the Combined Effects of NIR and VIS Spectrally Selective Thermochromic Materials on Building Performance

, 2019
Thermochromic (TC) windows are able to adjust solar radiation transmitted into buildings in response to varying window surface temperature. Vanadium Dioxide (VO2) is the most common TC material used for TC windows, as it can reduce near infrared (NIR ...
Wilson, Robin, Liang, Runqi, Wu, Yupeng, Aburas, Marina, Sun, Yanyi   +4 more
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