The objective of ARCO is the search and implementation of novel materials and concepts for achieving stimuli-responsive PDRC systems, and the realization of a prototype of active PDRC. The system we propose to achieve this goal is a photonic multilayer composed of a metallic substrate with absorbance in the short-wavelength visible range, topped by an active distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) with voltage-tunable photonic band gap. The two subsystems will be covered by a microstructured polymer-based composite IR-emissive layer.
