Multicolor Electrochromics: Rainbow-Like Devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 14795-14801

  Alesanco, Yolanda ^a   Viñuales, Ana ^a   Palenzuela, Jesús ^a   Odriozola, Ibon ^a   Cabañero, Germán ^a   Rodriguez, Javier ^a   Tena Zaera, Ramón ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

multielectrochromics; polyelectrolytes; PVA gels; smart windows; viologens

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ELECTROCHROMISM; POLYELECTROLYTES;

ELECTROCHROMIC MATERIALS; FULL COLOR DEVICES; MULTIELECTROCHROMICS; PVA-GEL; REVERSIBLE COLORATION; SMART WINDOWS; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; VIOLOGENS;

ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES;

EID: 84975247196     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01911     Document Type: Article

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