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- A novel smart window has been developed that not only adjusts light transmittance for energy efficiency, glare prevention, and privacy but also displays real-time colorful images.
- This window uses a combination of special hydrogels and near-infrared (NIR) heating films to rapidly generate heat, which allows images to form when exposed to NIR lasers.
- Additionally, it can function as a transparent or opaque barrier, effectively acting as a glass curtain while providing dynamic visual information for increased user convenience.
Article Abstract
A smart window, which can easily adjust light transmittance, can provide barrier functions, such as improvement in energy efficiency, glare prevention, and privacy protection. However, a smart window that can selectively provide real-time information and display various colorful characters and images at a desired location has not been developed. In this study, a novel smart window capable of real-time information conversion is developed by advancing the light transmittance control of the existing smart windows. A transparent and flexible window display is fabricated by synthesizing poly(-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAM)-,-methylenebisacrylamide-crosslinked hydrogels (NBcH) and near-infrared (NIR) absorption-heating films sandwiched between two plastic substrates. When the NIR laser irradiates the window display panel surface, the temperature rises rapidly, as the NIR absorption-heating film absorbs the NIR wavelength. The generated heat is transferred to pNIPAM in contact with the NIR absorption-heating film, and an image forms in real time. In addition, if the NIR laser and projector simultaneously irradiate the window display panel surface, various colorful images can be displayed. The smart window for real-time information provision proposed in this study acts like a glass curtain that can selectively make a desired location transparent or opaque by controlling the transmittance of light and acts as a display that can present various colorful characters and images in real time. Therefore, it is expected to be highly convenient for users.
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