Experiments to Make Self-Cooling Fabric

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In this video we follow a paper that describes achieving a daytime radiative cooling effect on cotton fabric through the growth of CaCO3 microspheres directly onto the fibers. The paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb...

My previous video in this radiative cooling series:    • Making Infrared Cooling Paint From Grocery...  

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