Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 46, Issue 3, 331002(2017)
Properties of Liquid Crystal Polymer Films for Electricity-responsive IR Reflective Windows
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ZHOU Guan-qing, YUAN Dong, LIU Yan-guo, LIN Xian-yu, ZHOU Guo-fu, LI Nan. Properties of Liquid Crystal Polymer Films for Electricity-responsive IR Reflective Windows[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2017, 46(3): 331002
Received: Sep. 22, 2016
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Published Online: Apr. 10, 2017
The Author Email: Guan-qing ZHOU (20130007009@m.scnu.edu.cn)