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Thermoresponsive Polymers: Thermoresponsive Polymer Induced Sweating Surfaces as an Efficient Way to Passively Cool Buildings (Adv. Mater. 39/2012)
Author(s) -
Rotzetter A. C. C.,
Schumacher C. M.,
Bubenhofer S. B.,
Grass R. N.,
Gerber L. C.,
Zeltner M.,
Stark W. J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201290239
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , thermoresponsive polymers in chromatography , smart polymer , nanotechnology , irradiance , composite material , optics , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics , reversed phase chromatography , high performance liquid chromatography
The revolutionary natural concept of sweating is successfully adapted as a sustainable and energyefficient cooling‐technology for buildings in urban environments. On page 5352 , W. J. Stark and co‐workers present low‐cost, reversibly thermoresponsive hydrogel‐mats enabling an autonomous, bio‐inspired sweating‐like action on building surfaces with a surface temperature reduction of up to 25 °C under tropical solar irradiance.