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ArticleNature communications2025

Printable polymer nanocomposites for scalable and architected radiative cooling.

Kai Zhou, Songtao Tang, Pranto Karua, Fukang Wu, Sungmin Hong, Diya Patel, Gwendolyn M Reeser, Donald M Cropek, Paul V Braun, Lili Cai

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Kai Zhou *Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4653-6436
Songtao Tang *Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Pranto Karua *Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Fukang WuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Sungmin HongU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, USA.
Diya PatelDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-9056-7590
Gwendolyn M ReeserU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, USA.
Donald M CropekU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, USA.
Paul V BraunDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4079-8160
Lili CaiDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. lilicai@illinois.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1222-248X

Funding

United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR) N000142412050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Space cooling and lighting together consume 25% of global electricity, yet existing daytime radiative coolers are mostly limited to porous planar coatings that block visible light and lack durability. Here, we introduce rheology-optics coupling as a design principle that links polymer viscoelasticity to particle dispersion and optical scattering. Guided by this principle, we develop printable polydimethylsiloxane-zirconium oxide composites that achieve solar reflectance ( ~ 97.3%) and mid-infrared emissivity ( ~ 96.9%) comparable to the best reported values, despite a low filler loading of only ~4.5 vol.%. These scalable coatings provide up to 7.4

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PMID41455699
PMCPMC12852863

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