Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a widely studied inorganic phase change material, which has a
reversible phase transition from semiconducting monoclinic to metallic rutile phase at a …

The reversible phase transition in vanadium dioxide (VO 2) with light, heat, electric,
magnetic, and mechanical stimuli is the enabling concept to function as a smart material. It is …

Passive daytime radiative cooling represents one of the boldest answers to tackle the future
cooling needs of the built environment and to mitigate urban heat island effects. Recent …

Smart windows have attracted increasing attentions in recent decades because of their
ability to automatically regulate indoor solar irradiation, reduce the energy consumption of …

Durable abrasion resistance is the critical capability for the functional textile via coating
treatment routes. Here, an abrasion resistant fabric-based Joule heater with sandwich …

Controlling thermal energy is one of the biggest concerns along with the progress of human
civilization for thousands of years. Current thermal comfort devices are mainly based on …

Thermochromic smart windows can automatically control solar radiation according to the
ambient temperature. Compared with photochromic and electrochromic smart windows, they …

In this work, high-quality VO2 epitaxial films were prepared on high-conductivity n-GaN
(0001) crystal substrates via an oxide molecular beam epitaxy method. By fabricating a two …

The critical challenge for the practical applications of VO2-based smart windows is to
nucleate and propagate the phase transformation in the ambient condition while maintaining …

Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is emerging as the most promising candidate for next-generation
smart windows. However, the applications of VO2-based films encounter the bottleneck of its …