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Revealing Enhanced Optical Modulation and Coloration Efficiency in Nanogranular WO₃ Thin Films Through Precursor Concentration Modifications

Crystals
Electrochromic (EC) materials allow for dynamic tuning of optical properties via an applied electric field, presenting great potential in energy-efficient technologies, such as smart windows for effective light and temperature regulation.
Pritam J. Morankar, Rutuja U. Amate, Namita A. Ahir, Chan-Wook Jeon   +3 more
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Electrically Responsive Structural‐Color Materials

Aggregate, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2026.
This review highlights electrically responsive structural‐color materials as next‐generation electrochromic platforms, summarizing key structural designs, modulation mechanisms, and performance metrics to enable continuous, low‐voltage, and tailorable color tuning for advanced display, camouflage, and security applications.
Qiming Wang, Dekun Ma, Cong Cao, Dongpeng Yang, Shaoming Huang   +4 more
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Compatible Stealth for Infrared and Radar Bands: Mechanisms, Materials, and Design Strategies

Small Science, Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2026.
Developing infrared/radar compatible stealth materials poses significant challenges due to the conflicts in their internal mechanisms. This review provides a detailed account of the design principles, methods, and latest research advances in infrared/radar compatible stealth materials.
Junfeng Fu, Yi Liang, Wei Cai, Hongjing Wu, Youan Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

9,10-Dihydrophenanthrene with Two Spiro(dibenzocycloheptatriene) Units: A Highly Strained Caged Hydrocarbon Exhibiting Reversible Electrochromic Behavior

Molecules, 2017
The title dispiro hydrocarbon 1 was designed as a new electrochromic material. This multiply clamped hexaphenylethane-type electron donor was prepared from 2,2’-diiodobiphenyl via biphenyl-2,2’-diylbis(dibenzotropylium) 22+ salt.
Yusuke Ishigaki, Yuki Hayashi, Kazuma Sugawara, Takuya Shimajiri, Wataru Nojo, Ryo Katoono, Takanori Suzuki   +6 more
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Electrochemical Synthesis and Electro-Optical Properties of Dibenzothiophene/Thiophene Conjugated Polymers With Stepwise Enhanced Conjugation Lengths

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020
A total of six conjugated polymers, namely PDBT-Th, PDBT-Th:Th, PDBT-2Th, PDBT-Th:2Th, PDBT-2Th:Th, and PDBT-2Th:2Th, consisting of dibenzothiophene, thiophene, and bithiophene were electrochemically synthesized.
Kaiwen Lin, Caiting Li, Wang Tao, Jilong Huang, Qinghua Wu, Zijin Liu, Yangfan Zhang, Da Wang, Xi Liu   +8 more
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Continuous In-Situ Polymerization of Complex-Based Films for High-Performance Electrochromic Devices

Molecules
Synthesis of uniform and stable electrochromic films on a conductive layer is one of the effective ways to construct high-performance electrochromic devices. The development of more convenient and feasible polymer film preparation technology is important
Yang-Bo Liu, Hao-Tian Deng, Li-Yi Zhang, Jing-Hao Wei, Feng-Rong Dai, Zhong-Ning Chen   +5 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Tungsten Oxide-Based Electrochromic Devices through Femtosecond Laser Processing

Micromachines
The sol-gel method is a widely adopted technique for the preparation of tungsten trioxide (WO3) materials, favored for its cost-effectiveness and straightforward production procedures.
Liqun Wang, Zihao Zhai, Longnan Li
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Bio‐Inspired Ordered WO3 Nano‐Helixes Enable Multi‐Band Electrochromic Smart Windows with Ultrafast Switching and Robust Cyclability

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, Volume 9, Issue 3, May 2026.
Biomimetic ordered nano‐helix WO3 films enable multi‐band electrochromic photothermal management across the visible, near‐infrared, mid‐ and long‐wave infrared spectra, with ultrafast switching (<3 s) and robust durability (>10 000 cycles). These findings establish new paradigms for next‐generation photothermal management systems and energy‐efficient ...
Pan Li, Ying Lv, Xin You, Hangyu Ma, Tienan Wang, Yue Shen, Xiaotian Li, Xiaoyang Guo, Guofa Cai, Xingyuan Liu   +9 more
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Bithiophene-Based Donor–π–Acceptor Compounds Exhibiting Aggregation-Induced Emission as Agents to Detect Hidden Fingerprints and Electrochromic Materials

Molecules
A group of bithiophenyl compounds comprising the cyanoacrylate moiety were designed and successfully synthesized. The optical, (spectro)electrochemical, and aggregation-induced emission properties were studied.
Patrycja Filipek, Magdalena Kałkus, Agata Szlapa-Kula, Michał Filapek   +3 more
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Correlation of Structural Changes and Hydrogen Diffusion in Polycrystalline WO3 Thin Films by Combining In Situ Transmission Measurements and Raman Spectroscopy

Advanced Physics Research
Diffusion in polycrystalline tungsten trioxide (WO3) thin films is studied in a lateral geometry to better understand the impact of hydrogen‐induced structural phase transitions on the diffusion.
Markus S. Friedrich, Tim K. Hecker, Alexander G. Strack, Paul Tuchecker, Peter J. Klar   +4 more
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