COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 11, 2012 – The dog days of summer can quickly transform a car’s interior into an oven, but imagine an automobile with high-tech windows that block out the heat, keeping its interior cool to the touch. Such a product might be a step closer to reality thanks to research by Jodie Lutkenhaus, a chemical engineering professor at Texas A&M University whose work with thin-film coatings is helping advance the promising technology. Specifically, Lutkenhaus has developed a new method for measuring the miniscule, physical changes of thin-film coatings in response to shifts in temperature. The method, which she says achieves new levels of accuracy and reliability, is detailed ... Read More »