MATERIALS SCIENCE: Composite for smarter windows

Korgel, Brian A.

¹Brian A. Korgel is in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

Published online 14 August 2013

Nature 500(7462):p 278-279, August 15, 2013. | DOI: 10.1038/500278a

Glass has been prepared that selectively absorbs visible and near-infrared light when an electrochemical voltage is applied. This opens the way to 'smart' windows that block heat on demand, with or without optical transparency. See Letter p.323