Recent advances in tunable metasurfaces: materials, design, and applications

OAM Abdelraouf, Z Wang, H Liu, Z Dong, Q Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metasurfaces, a two-dimensional (2D) form of metamaterials constituted by planar meta-
atoms, exhibit exotic abilities to tailor electromagnetic (EM) waves freely. Over the past …

Recent progresses on physics and applications of vanadium dioxide

K Liu, S Lee, S Yang, O Delaire, J Wu - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
As a strongly correlated electron material, vanadium dioxide (VO 2) has been a focus of
research since its discovery in 1959, owing to its well-known metal–insulator transition …

Hydrothermal Synthesis of VO2 Polymorphs: Advantages, Challenges and Prospects for the Application of Energy Efficient Smart Windows

M Li, S Magdassi, Y Gao, Y Long - small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Tunable metasurfaces based on active materials

T Cui, B Bai, HB Sun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metasurfaces, planer artificial materials composed of subwavelength unit cells, have shown
superior abilities to manipulate the wavefronts of electromagnetic waves. In the last few …

Vanadium: Global (bio) geochemistry

JH Huang, F Huang, L Evans, S Glasauer - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Redox-sensitive transition group elements are involved in almost all fundamental
geochemical processes. Of these elements, vanadium (V) contributes a particularly powerful …

Nanoceramic VO2 thermochromic smart glass: A review on progress in solution processing

Y Gao, H Luo, Z Zhang, L Kang, Z Chen, J Du… - Nano Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Progress in the development of energy-efficient coatings on glass has led to the study of
smart glass with special functional coatings that can regulate solar energy in response to an …

Performance, materials and coating technologies of thermochromic thin films on smart windows

M Kamalisarvestani, R Saidur, S Mekhilef… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
A significant amount of energy is consumed to maintain thermal comfort in buildings, a huge
portion of which is lost through windows. Smart coating, thin films with spectrally selective …

Transparent conductors as solar energy materials: A panoramic review

CG Granqvist - Solar energy materials and solar cells, 2007 - Elsevier
Transparent conductors (TCs) have a multitude of applications for solar energy utilization
and for energy savings, especially in buildings. The largest of these applications, in terms of …

Design of vanadium oxide structures with controllable electrical properties for energy applications

C Wu, F Feng, Y Xie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrical properties of inorganic materials has been a long-standing pursued research
topic, and successfully controlling the electrical property of an inorganic material has …

Intelligent Multifunctional VO2/SiO2/TiO2 Coatings for Self-Cleaning, Energy-Saving Window Panels

MJ Powell, R Quesada-Cabrera, A Taylor… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Monoclinic vanadium (IV) oxide (VO2) has received much attention for applications as
intelligent solar control coatings, with the potential to reduce the need for both heating and …