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Photo‐ and Thermo‐Responsive Switchable Smart Windows Developed by the Control of 3D Molecular Orientation of Chiral Liquid Crystals with Azobenzene Molecular Engineering (Adv. Funct. Mater. 27/2025)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Smart Windows In article number 2425115, Kwang-Un Jeong and co-workers newly design and fabricate thermally, photochemically, and electrically switchable smart windows by introducing photo-switchable surface vertical alignment agent and bulk alignment agent. The transparency of the 3D-ALC smart window can be automatically switched by changing temperature and light. The combination of surface and bulk molecular alignment layers can open a new strategy for developing next generation smart windows.

Source: Advanced Functional Materials

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202570162

Authors: Won‐Jin Yoon, Seok‐In Lim, Minwoo Rim, Jahyeon Koo, Hyeyoon Ko, Junhwa Jang, Mintaek Oh, Luciano De Sio, Yu‐Jin Choi, Kwang‐Un Jeong

Institutions: Korea Automotive Technology Institute, Jeonbuk National University, Sapienza University of Rome, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

Language: English

Topic: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements

Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4412011772

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