Four shades of brown: Tuning of electrochromic polymer blends toward high-contrast eyewear

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1413-1421

  Österholm, Anna M ^a   Shen, D Eric ^a,b   Kerszulis, Justin A ^a   Bulloch, Rayford H ^a   Kuepfert, Michael ^c   Dyer, Aubrey L ^d   Reynolds, John R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INNOVATIONLAB   (Germany)

^c BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

color mixing; dioxythiophenes; electrochromic devices; electrochromic eyewear; electrochromic polymers; organic electronics

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; MIXING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER BLENDS;

COLOR MIXING; DIOXYTHIOPHENES; ELECTROCHROMIC POLYMERS; EYEWEAR; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS;

ELECTROCHROMISM;

POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; COLOR; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COLOR; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LENSES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERS;

EID: 84921806907     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507063d     Document Type: Article

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