Effect of Dispersants on Photochromic Behavior of Tungsten Oxide Nanoparticles in Methylcellulose

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Suzuko YamazakiKenji Komaguchi

Abstract

Tungsten oxide-based photochromic films that change reversibly in air between colorless-transparent in the dark and dark blue under UV irradiation were prepared by using methylcellulose as a film matrix and various dispersants. Alpha-hydroxyl acid such as glycolic acid (GA) or glyceric acid (GlyA) is the best dispersant because it can make the film transparent by adding a small quantity much less than that of 3-hydroxypropionic acid or ethylene glycol. Fourier-transform infrared spectra and Raman spectra indicate that a strong interaction exists between WO3 and GA or GlyA. The coloration and bleaching processes of the prepared films were investigated to clarify the effect of the dispersants and the moisture contents. The bleaching rate remarkably decreased in the films containing GA or GlyA but accelerated by increasing the contact with O2. Measurements of electron-spin resonance reveals that GA and GlyA as dispersants stabilize the W5+ state. This paper shows that the coloring rate and the period for keeping the blue-colored state are tunable by changing the dispersants. The photochromic films containing α-hydroxyl acid as the dispersant have the potential for application as rewritable film on which information displayed with ...Continue Reading

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Jan 13, 2010·Chemical Communications : Chem Comm·Ming-Sheng WangGuo-Cong Guo
May 29, 2014·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Francesco MalaraGiuseppe Gigli
Nov 10, 2015·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Suzuko YamazakiKenta Adachi
Nov 3, 2016·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Jing WeiDairong Chen

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