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2024: Creating Structure-Induced Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling Textiles
Heat waves have caused more fatalities in the United States than any other weather-related event, and in the past 30 years as the climate has warmed, heat-related deaths in the U.S. have more than doubled. Cornell researchers will build on a fabric surface modification plasma technique they developed to create radiative passive cooling textiles from natural fibers that can be used in indoor and outdoor spaces and in clothing. They will test the scale-up of these cooling textiles with industry partners.
Investigator: Larissa Shepherd, Human Centered Design