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Journal articles on the topic "Thermotropic materials"

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Ruhmann, Ralf, Arno Seeboth, Olaf Muehling, and Detlef Loetzsch. "Thermotropic Materials for Adaptive Solar Control." Advances in Science and Technology 77 (September 2012): 124–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ast.77.124.

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Thermotropic materials offer an immense potential in adaptive solar control. They combine specific optical properties like absorbance and reflection, and high stability against solar radiation and heat with technology compatible processing capacities. Therefore, they represent perfect energy efficient materials. In detail, polymer blends, polymer-based hydrogels, casting resins, and thermoplastic films with a reversible temperature-dependent switching behavior have been investigated. Here a comparative evaluation of the different concepts with a view to their application in adaptive solar control is presented. Own current results exploit the well-known phase change materials and describe its use for adaptive solar control with extruded films or highly stable casting resins with thermotropic properties. Therewith, the status has changed from diffuse sunblind systems to intrinsic solar energy reflecting materials and a first smart window system based on phase change materials has now commercialized [1]. In summary: It is amazing that the solar energy itself is used as a promoter against solar heat.

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Seeboth, A., and H. R. Holzbauer. "Thermotrope Materialien für den Einsatz in „intelligenten Fenstern" / Thermotropic materials for application in "intelligent windows"." Restoration of Buildings and Monuments 4, no. 5 (October 1, 1998): 507–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rbm-1998-5309.

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Abstract Thermotropic materials as integrated part of „intelligent windows" based on polymer gel networks are developed. Systems change the transparency in dependence on temperature. These windows are able to protect buildings against superheating by sunshine. The aim of this work is the formation of a thermotropic material which operates like a heat filter. The effect is based on reproducible reversible phase transitions in the material. A decisive aspect is the adjustment of these transitions between the optical clear or opaque state of the windows, controled by the solar energy, to the perception of the human eye.

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Mulder, D. J., A. P. H. J. Schenning, and C. W. M. Bastiaansen. "Chiral-nematic liquid crystals as one dimensional photonic materials in optical sensors." J. Mater. Chem. C 2, no. 33 (2014): 6695–705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4tc00785a.

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Schneider, J., and A. Seeboth. "Natural Thermotropic Materials For Solar Switching Glazing." Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 32, no. 3 (March 2001): 231–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1521-4052(200103)32:3<231::aid-mawe231>3.0.co;2-n.

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Harjung, Marc D., Christopher P. J. Schubert, Friederike Knecht, Jan H. Porada, Robert P. Lemieux, and Frank Giesselmann. "New amphiphilic materials showing the lyotropic analogue to the thermotropic smectic C* liquid crystal phase." Journal of Materials Chemistry C 5, no. 30 (2017): 7452–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7tc02030a.

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Reyes-Mayer, A., B. Alvarado-Tenorio, A. Romo-Uribe, O. Flores, B. Campillo, and M. Jaffe. "Fracture behavior of heat treated liquid crystalline polymers." MRS Proceedings 1485 (2012): 137–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/opl.2013.282.

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ABSTRACTThermotropic polymers are thermally treated in air at temperatures Ta, where ΔT =Ta- Ts→n=40°C, and Ts→n is the solid-to-nematic transition. Samples are extruded thin films of a series of thermotropic random copolyesters termed B-N, COTBP and RD1000. The thermal treatment produces a second endotherm without changing Ts→n for B-N and RD1000. However, for COTBP Ts→n is significantly increased. Regardless of the complex thermal behavior exhibited by the thermotropes, the thermal treatment produces a significant increase in Young's modulus, more than 30% for B-N and over 100% for COTBP. The increase in mechanical modulus is correlated with a thermally-induced fiber-like morphology.

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Lin, Chang-Gen, Wei Chen, Solomon Omwoma, and Yu-Fei Song. "Covalently grafting nonmesogenic moieties onto polyoxometalate for fabrication of thermotropic liquid-crystalline nanomaterials." Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3, no. 1 (2015): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4tc02142h.

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YAO, JIAN, and CHENG-WEN YAN. "DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF A NOVEL KIND OF SMART THERMOTROPIC MATERIAL." Functional Materials Letters 03, no. 02 (June 2010): 135–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793604710001081.

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Thermally induced switching temperature and spectral transmittance of a novel kind of smart thermotropic material developed by a different mixing proportion of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), sodium chloride ( NaCl ) and pure water was measured. Radiation transmittance measurements were carried out on a thermotropic double glazing window sample, a double glazing window and a low-E double glazing window. Results show that the thermotropic double-glazed window with optimum mixing proportion of HPMC, NaCl and pure water of 2:10:100 by mass-reduces radiation transmittance at fully turbid state by up to 72% and 32% respectively, compared to the ordinary double-glazed window and low-E double-glazed window which do not have adjustable radiation transmittance; its radiation transmittance changed from transparent state to light scattering state up to 60%, indicating a high performance on switching solar radiation and a great potential for energy efficient windows.

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Therrien, Bruno. "Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Materials Based on Supramolecular Coordination Complexes." Inorganics 8, no. 1 (December 22, 2019): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/inorganics8010002.

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Liquid crystals are among us, in living organisms and in electronic devices, and they have contributed to the development of our modern society. Traditionally developed by organic chemists, the field of liquid-crystalline materials is now involving chemists and physicists of all domains (computational, physical, inorganic, supramolecular, electro-chemistry, polymers, materials, etc.,). Such diversity in researchers confirms that the field remains highly active and that new applications can be foreseen in the future. In this review, liquid-crystalline materials developed around coordination complexes are presented, focusing on those showing thermotropic behavior, a relatively unexplored family of compounds.

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Bubnov, Alexej, Miroslav Kašpar, Věra Hamplová, Ute Dawin, and Frank Giesselmann. "Thermotropic and lyotropic behaviour of new liquid-crystalline materials with different hydrophilic groups: synthesis and mesomorphic properties." Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 9 (February 25, 2013): 425–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.45.

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Several new calamitic liquid-crystalline (LC) materials with flexible hydrophilic chains, namely either hydroxy groups or ethylene glycol units, or both types together, have been synthesized in order to look for new functional LC materials exhibiting both, thermotropic and lyotropic behaviour. Such materials are of high potential interest for challenging issues such as the self-organization of carbon nanotubes or various nanoparticles. Thermotropic mesomorphic properties have been studied by using polarizing optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray scattering. Four of these nonchiral and chiral materials exhibit nematic and chiral nematic phases, respectively. For some molecular structures, smectic phases have also been detected. A contact sample of one of the prepared compounds with diethylene glycol clearly shows the lyotropic behaviour; namely a lamellar phase was observed. The relationship between the molecular structure and mesomorphic properties of these new LCs with hydrophilic chains is discussed.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Thermotropic materials"

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Tang, Youhong. "Microrheological study on polyethylene/thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer/layered silicates nanocomposites /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CENG%202007%20TANG.

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Repasky, Paul J. "Sanidic Thermotropic Liquid Crystals." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1479939220742374.

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Yue, Zhilian. "Synthesis of thermotropic cellulose derivatives and their behaviour as ion conducting materials." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/492.

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Chen, Hongyan. "Simulations of Shearing Rheology of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1210991980.

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Makowski, Brian Thomas. "Functionality via Confinement of Photo-Responsive Materials." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1323022488.

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KIM, YOUNGKI. "TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN LYOTROPIC AND THERMOTROPIC NEMATICS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437488066.

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Ozturk, Hale Bahar. "Mechanical And Thermal Properties Of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Copolyester (tlcp) And Its Mixtures With Poly(ethyleneterephthalate) And Denture Base Poly(methyl Methacrylate)." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605205/index.pdf.

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In this study, the thermal and mechanical properties of poly(ethylenetheraphthalate) (PET)-thermotropic liquid crystal polyester (TLCP), mixtures and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-TLCP mixtures were studied. The curing of PMMA-TLCP mixtures was done by heat, gamma radiation and microwave. The amount of TLCP in mixtures was % 0.5, 2 and 5 TLCP by weight. TLCP was synthesized by melt-acidolysis system, and PET-TLCP mixtures were prepared by using lab scale batch mixer. PMMA samples were prepared according to denture manufacturer&rsquo
s procedure. The characterization of polymer samples and mixtures were carried by FT-IR, NMR, DSC, DMA, tensile, impact, three point bending tests and light microscopy. The mixing of TLCP with PMMA yielded heterogeneous dispersions. This was observed from light micrographs. The mechanical and rheological properties of all polymers were not positively affected by inclusion of TLCP. It is also worthwhile to note that weakening of PET-TLCP mixtures were due to the thermal degradation as the thermal age of the mixtures is much higher.

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Toquer, Guillaume. "Couplages originaux entre Surfactants et Cristaux Liquides Thermotropes : Microémulsions inverses et émulsions directes." Phd thesis, Université Montpellier II - Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 2006. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00142098.

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Cette thèse décrit deux études expérimentales distinctes sur des couplages originaux entre un cristal liquide et des surfactants.
La première étude porte sur l'organisation de systèmes lyotropes (surfactants et eau) dans un solvant thermotrope anisotrope (cristal liquide). L'existence d'une phase baptisée « nématique transparente » dans un tel système mixte thermotrope-lyotrope de type microémulsion a été en effet récemment débattue. Des expériences de diffusion dynamique de lumière, au voisinage de la transition isotrope-nématique, laissait supposer l'apparition d'une phase intermédiaire, résultant de la compétition entre l'apparition d'un ordre nématique dans le solvant et des effets d'ancrages sur les agrégats.
Nous avons caractérisé, dans un premier temps, par diffusion de rayonnement X et neutrons, la morphologie et les interactions d'agrégats, composés de bromure de didodecyldimethylammonium (DDAB) et d'eau, dans le cristal liquide 4-n-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) en phase isotrope. L'étude de l'évolution des diagrammes de phases couplée à des expériences de diffusion (X, Lumière et neutrons) a permis de montrer que l'ajout de cosurfactants permettait de faire varier continûment la taille des nanoagrégats. L'ensemble de nos données expérimentales s'explique bien par la présence d'interactions fortes de Van der Waals entre micelles, ce qui justifie en particulier l'absence de transition microémulsion/ lamellaire gonflée dans ce système. L'analyse des facteurs de structure a permis par ailleurs de mettre en évidence une seconde interaction attractive entre micelle, causée par les fluctuations paranématiques du cristal liquide, intervenant essentiellement à l'approche de la transition isotrope-nématique du cristal liquide. Nous discutons de cette nouvelle interaction à la lumière des résultats de nos expériences de diffusion.
La deuxième étude porte sur les émulsions directes eau-cristal liquide en présence de surfactants amphotropes que nous avons synthétisés et caractérisés par RMN. La formulation de ces surfactants visait à renforcer leur localisation exclusive à l'interface eau-cristal liquide. Les émulsions obtenues montrent la formation spectaculaire de gouttes allongées cylindriques de type filaments. Les propriétés statiques et dynamiques de ces objets ont été explorées et l'origine de cette instabilité est explicitée. La longueur des microtubes est modifiable par des gradients de concentration ou des variations de température ce qui nous a permis de discuter du mécanisme régissant leur morphologie.

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Martins, Sandrine. "Tétra- et Poly(aniline) Dopées par des Acides n-Alcanesulfoniques: Structures et Propriétés Electroniques." Phd thesis, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 2007. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00424834.

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Le principal but de cette thèse a été d'étudier l'organisation structurale et les propriétés électroniques d'une nouvelle famille de conducteurs à base de poly(aniline) obtenus par protonation de sa forme éméraldine base par des acides n-alcanesulfoniques. Pour faciliter l'interprétation des données expérimentales de nature relativement complexe, des études parallèles ont été menées sur la tétra(aniline) dopée-le plus petit composé modèle de l'unité de répétition de la poly(aniline). Les tétra- et poly(aniline) dopées peuvent être considérées comme des architectures auto-assemblées par interactions ioniques qui présentent un comportement cristal liquide thermotrope comme le montrent les expériences complémentaires de diffraction des Rayons X et de calorimétrie différentielle à balayage. Ces conducteurs organiques présentent une structure lamellaire dont les caractéristiques peuvent être ajustées par des traitements thermiques, la longueur de la chaine alcane du dopant et dans le cas des films minces, par le nature du substrat. La conductivité électronique des films auto-supportés de PANI[acides n-alcanesulfonique]0.5 est élevée (~100-200 S.cm-1), et la dépendance thermique de la conductivité est interprétée dans le cadre du modèle dit de "désordre hétérogène" qui prend en compte une contribution semi-conductrice et une contribution métallique. Les mesures de conductivité associées à une séquence de recuits peuvent être considérées comme une mise en évidence indirecte des transitions de phase dans ces nouveaux conducteurs organiques et montrent clairement une évolution vers un comportement commun à toute la famille étudiée.

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Täuber, Daniela. "Characterization of heterogeneous diffusion in confined soft matter." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-77658.

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A new method, probability distribution of diffusivities (time scaled square displacements between succeeding video frames), was developed to analyze single molecule tracking (SMT) experiments. This method was then applied to SMT experiments on ultrathin liquid tetrakis(2-ethylhexoxy)silane (TEHOS) films on Si wafer with 100 nm thermally grown oxide, and on thin semectic liquid crystal films. Spatial maps of diffusivities from SMT experiments on 220 nm thick semectic liquid crystal films reveal structure related dynamics. The SMT experiments on ultrathin TEHOS films were complemented by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The observed strongly heterogeneous single molecule dynamics within those films can be explained by a three-layer model consisting of (i) dye molecules adsorbed to the substrate, (ii) slowly diffusing molecules in the laterally heterogeneous near-surface region of 1 - 2 molecular diameters, and (iii) freely diffusing dye molecules in the upper region of the film. FCS and SMT experiments reveal a strong influence of substrate heterogeneity on SM dynamics. Thereby chemisorption to substrate surface silanols plays an important role. Vertical mean first passage times (mfpt) in those films are below 1 µs. This appears as fast component in FCS autocorrelation curves, which further contain a contribution from lateral diffusion and from adsorption events. Therefore, the FCS curves are approximated by a tri-component function, which contains an exponential term related to the mfpt, the correlation function for translational diffusion and a stretched exponential term for the broad distribution of adsorption events. Lateral diffusion coefficients obtained by FCS on 10 nm thick TEHOS films, thereby, are effective diffusion coefficients from dye transients in the focal area. They strongly depend on the substrate heterogeneity. Variation of the frame times for the acquisition of SMT experiments in steps of 20 ms from 20 ms to 200 ms revealed a strong dependence of the corresponding probability distributions of diffusivities on time, in particular in the range between 20 ms and 100 ms. This points to average dwell times of the dye molecules in at least one type of the heterogeneous regions (e.g. on and above silanol clusters) in the range of few tens of milliseconds. Furthermore, time series of SM spectra from Nile Red in 25 nm thick poly-n-alkyl-methacrylate (PnAMA) films were studied. In analogy to translational diffusion, spectral diffusion (shifts in energetic positions of SM spectra) can be studied by probability distributions of spectral diffusivities, i.e. time scaled square energetic displacements. Simulations were run and analyzed to study contributions from noise and fitting uncertainty to spectral diffusion. Furthermore the effect of spectral jumps during acquisition of a SM spectrum was investigated. Probability distributions of spectral diffusivites of Nile Red probing vitreous PnAMA films reveal a two-level system. In contrast, such probability distributions obtained from Nile Red within a 25 nm thick poly-n-butylmethacrylate film around glass transition and in the melt state, display larger spectral jumps. Moreover, for longer alkyl side chains a solvent shift to higher energies is observed, which supports the idea of nanophase separation within those polymers.

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Book chapters on the topic "Thermotropic materials"

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Naito, Akira, and Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy. "Atomistic-Resolution Structural Studies of Liquid Crystalline Materials Using Solid-State NMR Techniques." In Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, 85–116. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5354-1_3.

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Carpentier, Luc, and Philippe Kapsa. "Indentation Test on Thermotropic Polymers." In Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behavior of Materials Having Ultra-Fine Microstructures, 329–36. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1765-4_20.

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Resch, Katharina, Robert Hausner, Gernot M. Wallner, and Reinhold W. Lang. "Thermotropic Layers for Overheating Protection of all-Polymeric Flat Plate Solar Collectors." In Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications, 255–65. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527659609.ch15.

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Resch, Katharina, and Gernot M. "Thermotropic Resin Systems: Relationships Between Formulation Parameters, Material Structure and Optical Properties." In Proceedings of ISES World Congress 2007 (Vol. I – Vol. V), 541–45. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75997-3_98.

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"Thermochromic Materials Based on Reflection." In Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials, 12–49. Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16299-3.

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Chung, Tai-Shung, and Si-Xue Cheng. "Introduction of Liquid Crystalline Materials." In Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Polymers. CRC Press, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420012521.ch1.

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"Thermochromic Materials Based on Light Absorption." In Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials, 50–115. Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16299-4.

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"Application of Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials." In Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials, 150–203. Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16299-6.

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"Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials Based on Light Scattering." In Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials, 116–49. Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16299-5.

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"Active Triggering and Energetic Characterization of Thermotropic and of Thermochromic Materials." In Thermochromic and Thermotropic Materials, 204–17. Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16299-7.

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Conference papers on the topic "Thermotropic materials"

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Wilson, Helen R., Joerg Ferber, and Werner J. Platzer. "Optical properties of thermotropic layers." In Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion XIII, edited by Volker Wittwer, Claes G. Granqvist, and Carl M. Lampert. SPIE, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.185390.

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Gladen, Adam C., Susan C. Mantell, and Jane H. Davidson. "A Parametric Numerical Study of Radiative Transfer in Thermotropic Materials." In ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ht2013-17183.

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A thermotropic material is modeled as an absorbing, thin slab containing anisotropic scattering, monodisperse, spherical particles. Monte Carlo ray tracing is used to solve the governing equation of radiative transfer. Predicted results are validated by comparison to the measured normal-hemispherical reflectance and transmittance of samples with various volume fraction and relative index of refraction. A parametric study elucidates the effects of particle size parameter, scattering albedo, and optical thickness on the normal-hemispherical transmittance, reflectance, and absorptance. The results are interpreted for a thermotropic material used for overheat protection of a polymer solar absorber. For the preferred particle size parameter of 2, the optical thickness should be less than 0.3 to ensure high transmittance in the clear state. To significantly reduce the transmittance and increase the reflectance in the translucent state, the optical thickness should be greater than 2.5 and the scattering albedo should be greater than 0.995. For optical thickness greater than 5, the reflectance is asymptotic and any further reduction in transmittance is through increased absorptance. A case study is used to illustrate how the parametric study can be used to guide the design of thermotropic materials. Low molecular weighted polyethylene in poly(methyl methacrylate) is identified as a potential thermotropic material. For this material and a particle radius of 200 nm, it is determined that the volume fraction and thickness should equal 10% and 1 mm, respectively.

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Gladen, Adam C., Jane H. Davidson, and Susan C. Mantell. "The Effect of a Thermotropic Material on the Optical Efficiency and Stagnation Temperature of a Polymer Flat Plate Solar Collector." In ASME 2014 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2014 12th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2014-6608.

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Solar hot water and space heating systems constructed of commodity polymers have the potential to significantly reduce the initial cost of solar thermal systems. However, a polymer absorber must be prevented from exceeding its maximum service temperature during stagnation. Here we consider the addition of a thermotropic material to the surface of the absorber. The thermotropic layer provides passive overheat protection by switching from high transmittance during normal operation to high reflectance if the temperature of the absorber becomes too high. In this paper, a one dimensional model of a glazed, flat-plate collector with a polymer absorber and thermotropic material is used to determine the effects of the optical properties of a thermotropic material on optical efficiency and stagnation temperature of the collector. A key result is identification of the reflectance in the translucent state required to provide overheat protection for potential polymer absorber materials. For example, the reflectance of a thermotropic material in the translucent state should be greater than or equal to 51% for a polypropylene absorber which has a maximum service temperature of 115 °C.

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Wilson, Helen R. "Potential of thermotropic layers to prevent overheating: a review." In Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion XIII, edited by Volker Wittwer, Claes G. Granqvist, and Carl M. Lampert. SPIE, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.185372.

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Albini, A. "Dielectric behavior of a thermotropic liquid crystal incorporated in a porous glass." In Seventh International Conference on Dielectric Materials, Measurements and Applications. IEE, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp:19961029.

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Murase, Tomohide, Hiroyuki Aikyou, Fumikazu Mizutani, Yu Shoji, Tomoya Higashihara, and Mitsuru Ueda. "Thermotropic liquid crystalline polyimides toward high heat conducting materials for 3D chip stack." In 2009 IEEE International Conference on 3D System Integration (3DIC). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/3dic.2009.5306567.

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Francescangeli, Oriano. "X-ray diffraction study of a nematic-nematic transition in thermotropic liquid-crystalline polyurethanes." In Liquid Crystals: Materials Science and Applications, edited by Jozef Zmija. SPIE, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.215540.

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Altunina, L. K., V. A. Kuvshinov, and L. A. Stasyeva. "Thermotropic nanostructured “gel in gel” systems for improved oil recovery and water shutoff." In ADVANCED MATERIALS WITH HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RELIABLE STRUCTURES. AIP Publishing LLC, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4932695.

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Kozhevnikov, Ivan S., Andrey V. Bogoslovsky, Lyubov K. Altunina, and Lyubov A. Stasyeva. "Determination of the gel point of thermotropic GFC by the vibration method." In PROCEEDINGS OF THE ADVANCED MATERIALS WITH HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RELIABLE STRUCTURES. Author(s), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5083384.

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Kozlov, V. V., L. K. Altunina, L. A. Stasyeva, and V. A. Kuvshinov. "Physical simulation of oil displacement process using new thermotropic MEGA composition with two gel-forming components." In PROCEEDINGS OF THE ADVANCED MATERIALS WITH HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RELIABLE STRUCTURES. Author(s), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5083386.

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