Optoelectronic devices, such as displays, are now omnipresent in our daily life. A crucial component of these devices is a transparent electrode, which allows the in‐ and outcoupling of light. With the goal of optimizing the electrode characteristics and improving device efficiencies, many approaches for the fabrication of thin, transparent, conducting films have been studied. This review gives...

During the last decades, tremendous efforts have been carried out to develop flexible electronics for a vast array of applications. Among all different applications investigated in this area, flexible displays have gained significant attention, being a vital part of large-area devices, portable systems and electronic labels etc electrophoretic (EP) ink displays have outstanding properties such...

A series of amorphous block copolymers (BCPs), consisting of a low-glass-transition polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) block associated with a photoresponsive azobenzene-containing poly(disperse red 1 methacrylate- co -alkyl methacrylate) (P(DR1MA- co -RMA)) block, were prepared from a PDMS macro-chain transfer agent used for the reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) copolymerization...

Asymmetric poly(1,1-dimethyl silacyclobutane)- block -polystyrene- block -poly(2-vinyl pyridine) (PDMSB- b -PS- b -P2VP) thick films, consisting of a spongelike substructure topped by a nanostructured dense top layer, were produced by combining a fast self-assembly of the triblock terpolymer chains with nonsolvent-induced phase separation (referred as SNIPS). A controlled evolution of the...

The combination of the nonsolvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) process with a solvent vapor annealing (SVA) treatment is used to produce asymmetric and hydrophobic thick films having different long-range ordered network nanostructures, which are inaccessible via currently available membrane fabrication methods. We show that the disordered phase generated by NIPS on the material top surface...

Organic semiconducting polymers are attractive because of their competitive price and low processability requirements. Aqueous solutions of these polymers can be deposited with a variety of processes to make thin, flexible, and transparent films. Such films can be used as transparent electrodes in organic light-emitting diodes or organic photovoltaic cells. Poly(3,4-ethylene...