Hybrid smart window reflects infrared (IR) light in summer and transmits IR in winter while controlling visibility, for energy savings and privacy control. (IMAGE)

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Hybrid smart window reflects infrared (IR) light in summer and transmits IR in winter while controlling visibility, for energy savings and privacy control.

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Hybrid smart window reflects infrared (IR) light in summer and transmits IR in winter while controlling visibility, for energy savings and privacy control. The hybrid cell structure incorporates patterned vanadium dioxide and liquid crystals with nanoporous microparticles. 

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S. Barinova et al., doi 10.1117/1.JPE.14.048001.

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