Florida Polytechnic University

This  proposal’s aim  is to  develop  and  demonstrate microencapsulated thermochromic materials  for energy saving applications. These microencapsulated thermochromic materials have wide applications in energy storage, buildings, textiles, antiques, paints, and pigments. The project will focus on the synthesis of novel,  encapsulated  thermochromic  materials.  In  addition,  the physico-chemical  characteristics  of  the materials  will  be  investigated with  state-of-the-art  tools to  understand  the  surface  morphology,  phase transition behavior,   and   effectiveness   of   the   encapsulant   on   the   stability   of   the   incorporated   thermochromic dye.

Daniil Ivannikov, Joseph Pusateri, Gabriel Jones, Michael Ahlquist

Sesha Srinivasan, Scott Wallen