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Pixelated Smart Window for High Dynamic Range Signage Displaying Applications

Jin, Qihao ORCID iD icon 1; Zhang, Qiaoshuang ORCID iD icon 1; Chen, Junchi 1; Gehring, Tim ORCID iD icon 1; Eizaguirre Cabrera, Santiago ORCID iD icon 1; Huber, Robert ORCID iD icon 1; Gomard, Guillaume 1; Lemmer, Uli 1; Kling, Rainer 1
1 Lichttechnisches Institut (LTI), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Smart windows have been intensively investigated for energy and light management during the last decades. Mechanoresponsive smart windows are one of the research hot spots because of their energy-saving operation and cost-effective fabrication. To introduce a displaying functionality in such smart windows can open various application scenarios and dramatically reduce energy consumption in daily signage displays. However, the optical properties in conventional mechanoresponsive smart windows are usually modulated globally. Therefore, a pixelated smart window is expected to realize a smart-window-based signage display. In this work, we demonstrate a pixelated mechanoresponsive smart window, which can display images in a high dynamic range. The surface pixelation was achieved by a newly developed surface hydrophilization method, inkjet-printed micro-etching-mask, and plasma surface treatment. Compared to the traditional mechanoresponsive smart windows, a linear haze tunability was achieved without applying strain. Therefore, a two-dimensional haze modulation was realized, namely mechanoresponsivity upon strain and haze tunability in a static state. ... mehr


Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Lichttechnisches Institut (LTI)
Publikationstyp Vortrag
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 10.2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator KITopen-ID: 1000149939
Veranstaltung 6th Smart Materials and Surfaces (SMS 2021), Mailand, Italien, 20.10.2021 – 22.10.2021
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Schlagwörter smart window, display, surface hydrophilization, inkjet printing, high dynamic range, light scattering
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