Glass is one the most common building materials around today, it is a material we need to do the simplest of daily tasks yet we never take time to imagine a world without it, ever since we emerged from our mud and straw dwellings hundreds of years ago, glass has been one of the most indispensable building materials known. And as with the advancements made with any other technology, glass also had room for improvement. First came tempered glass, then safety glass and eventually it became possible to give glass ambiguous properties regarding its opacity. This is the age of smart glass.

Smart Glass International is a company at the forefront of the smart glass industry and utilises two types of smart glass technologies in their products.

• Suspended particle Device or SPD glass works with a thin laminate layer of film with randomly distributed particles encapsulated between two or more sheets of glass, when an electric current is passed through the film the particles align and the glass becomes clear as the spaces between the aligned particles allow light to pass through. SPD glass is mainly used in solar control, it can appear clear or translucent and can be adjusted to any degree of opacity in between.

• LC SmartGlass or polymer dispersed liquid crystal glass is also known as privacy glass and is used in a number of applications including office partitioning and bathrooms. It has the ability to be clear when an electric current is passed through and will instantly appear frosted when it is stopped, this works by crystallisation, when electricity is applied the crystals dissolve and their molecules align allowing light to pass through again.

Glass has clearly come a long way and smart glass is a testament to its progress and indispensability. As an experienced and reputable supplier, Smart Glass International is the obvious choice when you are considering using smart glass in your home or building design. If you require any additional information or if you want to request a quote you can contact them here.

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