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TiO2-coated Hollow Glass Microspheres with Superhydrophobic and High IR-reflective Properties Synthesized by a Soft-chemistry Method
Published on: April 26, 2017
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Abstract:
Recent work has proposed an approach to design materials that regulate their own temperature. The concept is based on a temperature-dependent thermal emitter that has minimal emissivity below a target temperature, and maximal emissivity above it. Here we propose a microparticle approach suitable for scaling to large areas. We use electromagnetic and thermal simulations to show that the designed particles provide a 13x reduction in temperature variation relative to an uncoated aluminum substrate.
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