{"id":1639,"date":"2026-10-19T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:14:01","slug":"sweb-research-team-publishes-new-article-on-advanced-materials-for-smart-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/sweb-research-team-publishes-new-article-on-advanced-materials-for-smart-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"SWEB Research Team Publishes New Article on Advanced Materials for Smart Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the SWEB (Smart Windows for Zero Energy Buildings) project team, together with colleagues from the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, have published a new scientific article in <strong>the Journal of Alloys and Compounds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The article, \u201cSynthesis and characterization of Re-doped VO\u2082 thin films\u201d, with <strong>Dr. Boris Polyakov<\/strong>, head of the Additive Manufacturing group, as lead author and <strong>Prof. Dr. Juris Pur\u0101ns<\/strong> among the co-authors, explores new possibilities for improving thermochromic materials such as vanadium dioxide (VO\u2082), used in smart window technologies.<\/p>\n<p>This result represents an important step towards developing smart window coatings that could automatically regulate solar heat entering buildings, contributing to improved energy efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The article also provides valuable insights into balancing transition temperature and optical performance &#8211; an important challenge in developing practical smart window technologies. Higher rhenium content lowers the transition temperature further, but gradually weakens the material\u2019s ability to modulate infrared light.<\/p>\n<p>The publication highlights the SWEB team&#8217;s contribution to advanced materials research and supports the project&#8217;s mission to develop innovative solutions for future energy-efficient buildings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the article here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jallcom.2026.191703\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jallcom.2026.191703<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the SWEB (Smart Windows for Zero Energy Buildings) project team, together with colleagues from the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, have published a new scientific article in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds. The article, \u201cSynthesis and characterization of Re-doped VO\u2082 thin films\u201d, with Dr. Boris Polyakov, head of the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/sweb-research-team-publishes-new-article-on-advanced-materials-for-smart-windows\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SWEB Research Team Publishes New Article on Advanced Materials for Smart Windows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions\/1647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swebwindow.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}