Fatty Alcohol-Based "Smart Windows" Driven by Photo-Thermal Materials Toward Thermal Management in Hot Regions and High Fire Safety.

In modern architecture, windows are increasingly employed as curtain wall structures, playing a critical approach in regulating indoor environments to reduce building energy consumption. Meanwhile, the demands for transparency and flame retardancy present significant challenges in guaranteeing people's privacy and safety. In response, a two-layer "smart window" is designed to achieve thermal management, privacy protection, and fire safety, through leveraging the photo-thermal effect of MXene nanosheets, the phase change characteristic of fatty alcohol, and the flame-retardant effect of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA).

Linear polydichlorophosphazene and TiCT MXene nanohybrids: Synthesis and application to epoxy resin to improve the fire safety and mechanical properties.

Enhancing the fire safety of epoxy resins (EPs) typically requires a significant amount of flame retardants, which often results in considerable degradation of their mechanical properties. To address this issue, a novel flame retardant known as PDCP@DPA@MXene was synthesized and integrated into EP to achieve notable improvements in flame retardancy, smoke suppression, and mechanical strength. By incorporating 1.

Application of Silver-Loaded Halloysite Nanotubes in Flame Retardant and Smoke-Suppressive Coating for Polyester-Cotton Fabric.

Despite the wide applications in clothing, furniture, and transportation, the well-known "scaffolding effect" in polyester-cotton fabric has caused significant fire hazards compared to sole polyester or cotton fabrics. Therefore, it is of practical significance to endow polyester-cotton fabric with excellent fire safety. In this work, an organic-inorganic composite coating comprising nitrogen-phosphorus-silicon-containing flame retardant and silver nanoparticle-loaded halloysite nanotubes (Ag@HNTs) was designed and prepared to improve the fire safety of polyester-cotton fabrics.

Revealing and modeling of fire products in gas-phase for epoxy/black phosphorus-based nanocomposites.

This work aims at revealing and optimizing the mechanism, to promote the design of phosphorus-based flame retardants (PFRs) for controlling the spread of fire risk caused by the continuous spread of polymers. Herein, we synthesized about 10 nm TiO grown in situ on the surface of BP through a simple hydrothermal procedure to introduce it into epoxy (EP/BP-TiO). In the first place, EP/BP-TiO2.

Construction of super-hydrophobic, highly effective flame retardant coating for cotton fabric with superior washability and abrasion resistance.

In order to meet the rapidly growing demand of multi-functional fabric, a super-hydrophobic flame retardant coating for cotton fabric with superior washability and abrasion resistance was prepared. Flame retardant finishing agent P, P-diphenyl-N-(3-(trithoxysilyl) propyl) phospinic amide (DPTES) and hydrophobic finishing agent polydimethylsiloxane @silicon dioxide (PDMS@SiO) were fixed on the surface of cotton fabric by a simple sol-gel technology in combination with convenient brush-coating process. The coated cotton fabric was capable of self-extinguishing a flame, and the Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI) increased from 18.