Fluid-Switchable Smart Glass (IMAGE)

Optica

Fluid-Switchable Smart Glass

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Researchers created a prototype smart glass that is retroreflective (left) and becomes clear (right) when a liquid with optical properties similar to the reflective structure is pumped into a chamber in front of the structure.

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Keith Goossen, University of Delaware

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