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Title: Evaluation of 3D printed optofluidic smart glass prototypes

Abstract

Smart glass or smart windows are an innovative technology used for thermal management, energy efficiency, and privacy applications. Notable commercially available smart glass relies on an electric stimuli to modulate the glass from a transparent to a translucent mode of operation. However, the current market technologies, such as electrochromic, polymer dispersed liquid crystal, and suspended particle devices are expensive and suffer from solar absorption, poor transmittance modulation, and in some cases, continuous power consumption. The authors of this paper present a novel optofluidic smart glass prototype capable of modulating visible light transmittance from 8% to 85%. Smart glass or smart windows are an innovative technology used for thermal management, energy efficiency, and privacy applications. Notable commercially available smart glass relies on an electric stimuli to modulate the glass from a transparent to a translucent mode of operation. However, the current market technologies, such as electrochromic, polymer dispersed liquid crystal, and suspended particle devices are expensive and suffer from solar absorption, poor transmittance modulation, and in some cases, continuous power consumption. The authors of this paper present a novel optofluidic smart glass prototype capable of modulating visible light transmittance from 8% to 85%.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1413072
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1503239
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0005544
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 26 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher:
Optical Society of America
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Wolfe, Daniel, and Goossen, K. W. Evaluation of 3D printed optofluidic smart glass prototypes. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1364/OE.26.000A85.
Wolfe, Daniel, & Goossen, K. W. Evaluation of 3D printed optofluidic smart glass prototypes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.000A85
Wolfe, Daniel, and Goossen, K. W. Wed . "Evaluation of 3D printed optofluidic smart glass prototypes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.000A85.
@article{osti_1413072,
title = {Evaluation of 3D printed optofluidic smart glass prototypes},
author = {Wolfe, Daniel and Goossen, K. W.},
abstractNote = {Smart glass or smart windows are an innovative technology used for thermal management, energy efficiency, and privacy applications. Notable commercially available smart glass relies on an electric stimuli to modulate the glass from a transparent to a translucent mode of operation. However, the current market technologies, such as electrochromic, polymer dispersed liquid crystal, and suspended particle devices are expensive and suffer from solar absorption, poor transmittance modulation, and in some cases, continuous power consumption. The authors of this paper present a novel optofluidic smart glass prototype capable of modulating visible light transmittance from 8% to 85%. Smart glass or smart windows are an innovative technology used for thermal management, energy efficiency, and privacy applications. Notable commercially available smart glass relies on an electric stimuli to modulate the glass from a transparent to a translucent mode of operation. However, the current market technologies, such as electrochromic, polymer dispersed liquid crystal, and suspended particle devices are expensive and suffer from solar absorption, poor transmittance modulation, and in some cases, continuous power consumption. The authors of this paper present a novel optofluidic smart glass prototype capable of modulating visible light transmittance from 8% to 85%.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.26.000A85},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 2,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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