Chemists could make “smart glass” smarter by manipulating it at the nanoscale

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(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research)

Chemists have devised a potentially major improvement to both the speed and durability of smart glass by providing a better understanding of how the glass works at the nanoscale. Smart glass is an energy-efficient product that can slowly change between transparent and tinted at the flip of a switch and is found in newer windows of cars, buildings, and airplanes.