Surface modification of polymers: methods and applications

SK Nemani, RK Annavarapu… - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Low cost, controlled crystallinity, chemical, and mechanical stability enable application of
polymers in energy, water, electronics, and biomedical industries. Recent studies have …

Thin‐metal‐film‐based transparent conductors: Material preparation, optical design, and device applications

C Zhang, C Ji, YB Park, LJ Guo - Advanced Optical Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transparent conductors are essential elements in an array of optoelectronic devices. The
most commonly used transparent conductor–indium tin oxide (ITO) suffers from issues …

ZnO cathode buffer layers for inverted polymer solar cells

Z Liang, Q Zhang, L Jiang, G Cao - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This article provides an overview of the design, fabrication and characterization of the most
widely used cathode buffer layers (CBLs) constructed using pristine zinc oxide (ZnO), doped …

Solid-state plasmonic solar cells

K Ueno, T Oshikiri, Q Sun, X Shi, H Misawa - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metallic nanoparticles such as silver and gold show localized surface plasmon resonances
(LSPRs), which are associated with near-field enhancement effects in the vicinity of …

Recent advances in transition metal complexes and light‐management engineering in organic optoelectronic devices

WCH Choy, WK Chan, Y Yuan - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Two of the recent major research topics in optoelectronic devices are discussed: the
development of new organic materials (both molecular and polymeric) for the active layer of …

Efficiency enhancement of organic solar cells by using shape‐dependent broadband plasmonic absorption in metallic nanoparticles

X Li, WCH Choy, H Lu, WEI Sha… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
It is been widely reported that plasmonic effects in metallic nanomaterials can enhance light
trap** in organix solar cells (OSCs). However, typical nanoparticles (NP) of high quality …

Fabrication of superhydrophobic and ice-repellent surfaces on pure aluminium using single and multiscaled periodic textures

S Milles, M Soldera, B Voisiat, AF Lasagni - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Fabricating aluminium surfaces with superhydrophobic and ice-repellent properties present
nowadays a challenging task. In this work, multifunctional structures are manufactured by …

25th anniversary article: ordered polymer structures for the engineering of photons and phonons

JH Lee, CY Koh, JP Singer, SJ Jeon… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The engineering of optical and acoustic material functionalities via construction of ordered
local and global architectures on various length scales commensurate with and well below …

A mini‐review: cell response to microscale, nanoscale, and hierarchical patterning of surface structure

HJ Jeon, CG Simon Jr, GH Kim - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular behavior can be influenced by the chemical and physical surface characteristics of
biomedical substrates. To understand the relationships between various topographical …

[HTML][HTML] Light trap** in thin film organic solar cells

Z Tang, W Tress, O Inganäs - Materials today, 2014 - Elsevier
A major issue in organic solar cells is the poor mobility and recombination of the
photogenerated charge carriers. The active layer has to be kept thin to facilitate charge …