Smart glass

Window-glass has evolved through the centuries and is still changing today with the development of newer types of glasses, the latest of which is "self-cleaning" and "smart" glasses. All of these new developments are useful for their intended purposes, which may be room darkening, UV protection or thermal mediation or protection. However, from a scientific standpoint they are all different and will bias the obtained results. 

A. C. M. Lampert [2003] Large-Area Smart Glass and Integrated Photovoltaics. Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells 76, 489-499. 

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How would you design smart glass-based intruder sensor, which would change color from clear to bright red ... 

How would you design a smart glass windshield, which would self-repair itself after an automobile... 

Combining outstanding mechanical properties of the polymer film (high mechanical strength and flexibility) with interesting optical properties of liquid crystal (high optical anisotropy), the PDLC systems allow their use in various applications as flexible display systems, privacy or smart glass, projection devices, sensors, etc.). 

Lampert C.M. Large-area smart glass and integrated photovoltaics. SoL Energy Mater. Sol. cells 2003 76 489-499... 

C. (2012) Nanoceramic VO2 thermochromic smart glass a review on progress in solution processing. Nano Energy, 1,221 246. 

Fig. 9. Pie2oelectric embedded inside a glass—epoxy laminate to form a composite smart stmcture.

When you pour boiling water into a cold bottle and discover that the bottom drops out with a smart pop, you have re-invented the standard test for thermal shock resistance. Fracture caused by sudden changes in temperature is a problem with ceramics. But while some (like ordinary glass) will only take a temperature "shock" of 80°C before they break, others (like silicon nitride) will stand a sudden change of 500°C, and this is enough to fit them for use in environments as violent as an internal combustion engine. 

The sidecar has three ingredients—perfect ingredients. Cognac, Cointreau, freshly squeezed lemon juice—when you make it right, you get a 10, maybe a 12.Tasted, the sidecar s sweet-to-sour sway, and back again, has the smart, sublime balance of a Zen riddle, served in a sleek glass. 

Figure 33.1a illustrates the idea of the smart window. In this device a layer of electrochromic material and a layer of a transparent ion-conducting electrolyte are sandwiched between two optically transparent electrodes (OTEs). Indium-doped tin oxide on glass is used most commonly as the OTE. This material has very low... 

In the second topic, we will describe a very smart new application based on Yb + ion doped glasses laser cooling of condensed matter. 

Myhra, S., Smart, R. St. C. Turner, P. S. 1988fc. The surfaces of titanate minerals, ceramics and silicate glasses surface analytical and electron microscope studies. Scanning Microscopy, 2, 715-734. 

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