Prototype of a Smart Window (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Prototype of a Smart Window (2 of 2)

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The picture shows a layer of phase-transition material SmNiO3 placed on top of a Columbia Engineering School logo. The transparency of the material can be controlled by electron doping under ambient conditions. Pristine SmNiO3 is opaque and electron-doped SmNiO3 is transparent.

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Nanfang Yu, Columbia Engineering

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