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Driving around, I have noticed a lot of office buildings where the glass panes have been infused with gold. The thin layer of gold reflects the sun and keeps the office at a comfortable, stable temperature. I have also seen where silver nanowires are sandwiched between the glass panes for the same purpose - but at a lower cost. Researching further, I found where some residential homes have have windows filled with argon to deflect the heat and the cold.
What other types of materials can be infused into windows? Copper? Aluminum? Any materials to drive down the cost of the electric bill?
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As you might know, there are only two metals in the periodic table of elements which are colored, gold and copper.Gold is resistant to corrosion and that makes it best choice for coating glass windows to absorb IR radiation of the Sun or the IR radiation produced by the heating systems inside the buildings.I think, gold NPs due to the high nuclear charge of the atom, have smaller energy gaps between the energy levels that gold can absorb low energy radiations.
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