COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 11, 2012 – The dog days
of summer can quickly transform a car’s interior into an oven, but
imagine an automobile with high-tech windows that block out the
heat, keeping its interior cool to the touch.
Such a product might be a step closer to reality thanks to
research by Jodie Lutkenhaus, a chemical engineering professor at
Texas A&M University whose work with thin-film coatings is
helping advance the promising technology.
Specifically, Lutkenhaus has developed a new method for
measuring the miniscule, physical changes of thin-film coatings in
response to shifts in temperature. The method, which she says
achieves new levels of accuracy and reliability, is detailed ... Read More »