Smart Glass
How Metal Ions Might Revolutionize Tinting and Energy Efficiency 

October 11, 2017 | 10:00-11:00 am PT

Learn about the latest technology for improving energy efficiency in buildings, cars, and airplanes.


Stanford University engineers have developed dynamically tinting windows that can change opacity in under a minute. The newly designed “smart” windows consist of conductive glass plates outlined with metal ions. When combined with voltage, these windows can go from light to dark in no time. This newly discovered solution has the potential to reduce heating and cooling costs by almost 20%, and can be used in multiple application such as car sunroofs, airplane windows, and sunglasses.


In this webinar, Stanford Professor Mike McGhee will explain how these smart windows block light in response to an electrical current. The windows switch tint, which provides significant improvement over dimming windows currently being installed to reduce cooling costs in some buildings.


About the Speaker


mike-mcgehee.jpgMike McGehee is a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He has taught courses on nanotechnology, nanocharacterization, organic semiconductors, polymer science and solar cells. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from Princeton University and his PhD degree in Materials Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he did research on polymer lasers in the lab of Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger. He won the 2007 Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award.


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