Thin films of a molecular spin crossover (SCO) Iron(II) complex featuring a high transition temperature are grown by sublimation in high vacuum on TS Au and investigated by X‐ray and UV photoelectron spectroscopies. Temperature‐dependent studies demonstrate that the thermally induced spin crossover behavior is preserved in thin films. A large‐area ultrathin switchable spin crossover molecular...

In order to obtain efficient electrophoretic inks, Tridodecylamine (Dod 3 N), has been studied as charge control agent (CCA) in a non-polar paraffin solvent (Isopar G) for various inorganic pigments (TiO 2 and Fe 2 O 3 ). All hydrophobic mineral oxides, i.e. treated with octyltrimethoxysilane (C8) or dodecyltrimethoxysilane (C12), were found to be negatively charged in presence of Dod 3 N. The...

Room temperature flexible heat harvesters based on conducting polymers are ideally suited to cover the energy demands of the modern nomadic society. The optimization of their thermoelectric efficiency is usually sought by tuning the oxidation levels of the conducting polymers, even if such methodology is detrimental to the Seebeck coefficient ( S ) as both the Seebeck coefficient and the...

Sinusoidal surface-relief gratings (SRGs) formed by microphase separated photoresponsive poly(dimethylsiloxane)- block -poly(methyl acrylate- co -disperse red 1 acrylate) (PDMS- b -P(MA- co -DR1A)) chains are investigated. Different PDMS- b -P(MA- co -DR1A) were prepared by a multi-step synthetic approach which overcomes the challenges inherent to the synthesis of well-defined PDMS-based block...

Nanotemplates derived from the self-assembly of AB-type block copolymers provide an elegant route to achieve well-defined metallic dot arrays, even if the variety of pattern symmetries is restricted due to the limited number of structures offered by microphase separated diblock copolymers. A strategy that relies on the use of complex network structures accessible through the self-assembly of...

The synthesis and self‐assembly in thin‐film configuration of linear ABC triblock terpolymer chains consisting of polystyrene (PS), poly(2‐vinylpyridine) (P2VP), and polyisoprene (PI) are described. For that purpose, a hydroxyl‐terminated PS‐ b ‐P2VP (45 kg mol −1 ) building block and a carboxyl‐terminated PI (9 kg mol −1 ) are first separately prepared by anionic polymerization, and then are...