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114 TecnoFerrari ENERG
ENERGY EFFICIENCYY EFFY EFFICIENICIENCYCY
ENERG
working with and for printing Chemists could make 120
and logistics for Industry 4.0 ‘smart glass’ smarter
by manipulating it
at the nanoscale
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lowly” is the op-
dent and fi rst author R.
product found in windows of newer
erative word; typi-
Colby Evans, whose idea –
“Scal smart glass exercise for graduate stu- “Smart glass,” an energy-efficiency
takes several minutes to
and passion for the chem-
Pilkington glass to protect the reach its darkened state, istry of color-changing cars, buildings and airplanes, slowly nanoparticles trap lithium particles came into contact particles, to avoid ion- tions in nanoparticles, and I I andndd
materials – turned into an
and many cycles between
changes between transparent and
experiment involving two
light and dark tend to de-
types of microscopy and
grade the tinting quality
over time. Colorado State
used scanning electron mi-
University chemists have enlisting several collabo- tinted at the flip of a switch. ions, slowing down the with each other. They then trapping interfaces. expect that we will leverage
process. Over time, these
this new tool to study un-
rators. Evans, who com-
OTHER APPLICATIONS
pleted a summer internship
ion traps also degrade the
derlying processes in a wide
‘The School of Athens’ cartoon jor improvement to both funded by the CSU Energy material’s performance. mi- resolution images of the Their imaging technique of- range of important energy
devised a potentially ma-
croscopy to obtain higher-
technologies,” Sambur said.
the speed and durability of
fers a new method for cor-
length, width and spacing
Institute, is advised by
To support their claims,
The paper’s co-authors
of the nanoparticles, so
relating nanoparticle struc-
smart glass by providing
Justin Sambur, assistant
the researchers used bright
COMPANY PROFILE
professor in the Depart-
Elling-
transmission
eld
Austin
fi
a better understanding of
they could tell, for example,
include
ture and electrochromic
how the glass works at the
smart
cles, which are 100 times
sten-oxide
The smart glass that Evans
nanoscale. ment of Chemistry. Evans said. Typical tung- glass tungsten-oxide nanoparti- croscopy to observe how how many particles were properties; improvement of worth, a former Research
tungsten-oxide nanopar-
smart window performance
Experience for Undergrad-
clustered together, and how
They offer an alterna- and colleagues studied is panels take 7-12 minutes smaller than the width of a ticles absorb and scatter many were spread apart. is just one application that uates student from Winona
tive nanoscale design “electrochromic,” which to transition between clear human hair. Their experi- light. Making sample smart Based on their experimen- could result. Their approach State University; Christina
could also guide applied re-
Cashen, a CSU chemis-
for smart glass in new re- works by using a voltage and tinted. ments revealed that single glass, they varied how proposed that the perfor- Nippon
tal fi ndings, the authors
search published on 3 to drive lithium ions into nanoparticles, by them- much nanoparticle materi- search in batteries, fuel cells, try graduate student; and
June in Proceedings of the and out of thin, clear fi lms NANOPARTICLES selves, tint four times fast- al they placed in their sam- mance of smart glass could capacitors and sensors. Christopher R. Weinberger,
TINT FASTER
National Academy of of tungsten oxide. “You er than fi lms of the same ples and watched how the be improved by making a “Thanks to Colby’s work, a professor in CSU’s De-
Sciences. The project can think of it as a bat- The researchers specifi cal- nanoparticles. That’s be- tinting behaviours changed nanoparticle-based mate- we have developed a new partment of Mechanical
started as a grant-writing tery you can see through,” ly studied electrochromic cause interfaces between as more and more nano- rial with optimally spaced way to study chemical reac- Engineering.
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PRODUCTS
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COMBINING
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unique solutions to deliver 123 pursue its goals, providing world- creases the speed and ca- mulated technical know-
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TECHNICAL KNOW-
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SOLUTIONS
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