Recent Progress on Preparation Strategies of Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Single-Responsive Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
2.1. Electrical-Responsive Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
2.2. Thermal-Responsive Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
2.3. Photo-Responsive Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
2.4. Chapter Summary
3. Dual-Responsive Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
3.1. Thermal-/Electrical-Responsive Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
3.2. Thermal-/Photo-Responsive Liquid Crystal Smart Windows
3.3. Chapter Summary
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Categories | Actuation | Stimuli | Preparation Strategies | State Change 1 | Response Time 2 | Ref. | |
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Single-responsive liquid crystal smart windows | ERLC smart windows | Active | Electric field | EHDI | T (98.0%) → O (10.0%) | ton: 1 s toff: 200 ms | [53] |
PDLC | O (1.0%) → T (79.0%) | ton: 58 ms toff: 10 ms | [48] | ||||
PSLC | T (98.5%) → O (11.2%) | ton: 3 ms toff: 19 ms | [65] | ||||
PD&SLC | O (2.0%) → T (80.0%) | _ | [68] | ||||
TRLC smart windows | Passive | Temperature | PSLC | O (2.1%) → T (86.6%) | _ | [78] | |
PD&SLC | T (80.0%) → O (2.0%) | _ | [79] | ||||
LCs | T (59.8%) → O (4.3%) | _ | [80] | ||||
PRLC smart windows | Passive | Light | Azobenzene | T (4.0%) → O (72.2%) | A few seconds | [85] | |
O (70.0%) → T (23.0%) | _ | [86] | |||||
Molecular motor | T (95.0%) → O (12.0%) | _ | [87] | ||||
Photothermal materials | T (70.0%) → O (20.0%) | _ | [88] | ||||
Dual-responsive liquid crystal smart windows | TR/ER LC smart windows | Passive/Active | Temperature/Electric field | PD&SLC | O (1.5%) → T (78.0%) | ton: ~100 ms @ V toff: 183 ms @ V | [91] |
EHDI | T (95.1%) → O (0.3%) | _ | [92] | ||||
TR/PR LC smart windows | Passive | Temperature/Light | LCs | T (64.0%) → O (17.1%) | _ | [93] | |
Photothermal materials | T (80.0%) → O (3.0%) | _ | [94] |
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Luo, L.; Liang, Y.; Feng, Y.; Mo, D.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, J. Recent Progress on Preparation Strategies of Liquid Crystal Smart Windows. Crystals 2022, 12, 1426. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12101426
Luo L, Liang Y, Feng Y, Mo D, Zhang Y, Chen J. Recent Progress on Preparation Strategies of Liquid Crystal Smart Windows. Crystals. 2022; 12(10):1426. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12101426
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuo, Linfeng, Yinghui Liang, Yuting Feng, Dan Mo, Yang Zhang, and Jiawen Chen. 2022. "Recent Progress on Preparation Strategies of Liquid Crystal Smart Windows" Crystals 12, no. 10: 1426. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12101426