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Volume 155, Number 20 (May 15, 1999)

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Electricity switches a mirror to a window

Thin films of a gadolinium-magnesium alloy become transparent with the application of an electric voltage.

References:

Janner, A.-M., and P. van der Sluis. 1999. On the way from metal hydride films to solid-state switchable mirrors. Meeting of the Electrochemical Society. May. Seattle.

Further Readings:

Lipkin, R. 1996. Thin-film mirror changes into a window. Science News 149(March 23):182.

van der Sluis, P., M. Ouwerkerk, and P.A. Duine. 1997. Optical switches based on magnesium lanthanide alloy hydrides. Applied Physics Letters 70(June 23):3356.

Sources:

Anna-Maria Janner
Philips Research Laboratories
Prof. Holstlaan 4
5656 AA Eindhoven
Netherlands

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 20, May 15, 1999, p. 314. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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