Optically-selective window coatings of precious metal nanoparticles

澳大利亚有很大的机会通过发展不包括热能的玻璃来节省能源和资金。该项目建立在UTS对金和银纳米颗粒在窗户光谱选择涂层中的使用的研究基础上。它将开发新的、低成本的原位沉积工艺，在玻璃上铺设超薄的金纳米棒和其他形状的涂层，创造出在可见光波长具有中性颜色但能阻挡红外光的涂层。这种类型的镀膜玻璃在建筑行业中有重要的应用，也有出口潜力。

There is great opportunity for Australia to save energy and money through the development of glass which excludes heat. This project builds on UTS research into the use of gold and silver nanoparticles in spectrally-selective coatings for windows. It will develop novel, low-cost in situ deposition processes to lay down ultra-thin coatings of gold nano-rods and other shapes on glass, creating coatings that have a neutral colour in the visible wavelengths, but which block infra-red light. Coated glass of this type has major application in the building industry as well as export potential.