• Scalable Fabrication of Electrochromic Films Using a Cobalt-Complexed Poly(N-vinylcarbazole) Metallopolymer

  • Arockiam Jesin Beneto and Minjun Kim*,†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Korea
    *Department of Chemistry, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Korea

  • 코발트 배위된 폴리(N-비닐카바졸) 초분자 금속고분자를 이용한 저비용 전기변색 박막 제조법

  • 아로키암제신베네토 · 김민준*,†

  • 포항공과대학교 화학공학과, *경기대학교 화학과

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(3): 359-364

    Published online May 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.3.359
  • Received on Jan 13, 2025
  • Revised on Jan 27, 2025
  • Accepted on Jan 28, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Minjun Kim

  • *Department of Chemistry, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Korea

  • E-mail: minjun.kim@kyonggi.ac.kr