IC08 Abstract

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Surface Confined Metal-Organic Architectures as Efficient
Electrochromic Materials
Sreejith Shankar, Michal Lahav and Milko E. van der Boom
Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
email: [email protected]
Layer-by-Layer (LbL) deposition in combination with metal-ligand coordination has been
a powerful tool for generation of functional architectures.1 Such systems might find
interesting applications ranging from molecular electronics, display and sensor
technologies, to solar cells and data storage. More significantly, owing to their
electrochromic behavior, they are promising candidates for use in smart windows and
display devices. Coordination Polymer Network Films (CPNFs) constructed from
electrochromic materials of metal-organic nature, combine advantages of organic and
inorganic thin films, including long range processibility, transmittance modulation, and
high coloration efficiencies. Our CPNFs exhibit high redox stability and low switching
time. The generation and properties of redox active CPNFs on various substrates2 were
investigated and by varying the organic ligands, fine control was achieved over their
growth and electrochemical properties. We also fabricated solid-state electrochromic
devices (Single Electrochrome Laminated Devices).
1. (a) de Ruiter, G.; Lahav, M.; Keisar, H.; van der Boom, M. E. Angew. Chem., Int.
Ed., 2013, 52, 704-709; (b) Motiei, L.; Feller, M.; Evmenenko, G.; Dutta, P.; van der Boom, M. E.
Chem Sci., 2012, 3, 66-71; (c) Motiei, L.; Sassi, M.; Kaminker, R.; Evmenenko, G.; Dutta, P.; Iron,
M. A.; van der Boom, M. E. Langmuir, 2011, 27, 1319-1325; (d) Choudhury, J.; Kaminker, R.;
Motiei, L.; de Ruiter, G.; Morozov, M.; Lupo, F.; Gulino, A.; van de Boom, M. E. J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 2010, 132, 9295-9297.
2. (a) van der Boom, M. E.; Lahav, M.; Shankar, S. US Patent 61/906,565, 2013; (b) Shankar, S.;
Lahav, M.; van der Boom, M. E. Manuscript in preparation.

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