PMID- 26102203 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150904 LR - 20150703 IS - 1463-9084 (Electronic) IS - 1463-9076 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 27 DP - 2015 Jul 21 TI - Ionic liquid- and surfactant-controlled crystallization of WO3 films. PG - 18138-45 LID - 10.1039/c5cp01869b [doi] AB - WO3 films were obtained via evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) using ionic surfactants such as long-chain ionic liquids 1-hexadecyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride and bromide (C16mimCl and C16mimBr, respectively) and cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and bromide (CTAC and CTAB, respectively) as additives. Owing to the presence of the ionic surfactants, WO3 films crystallize in a preferred orientation along the a-axis on different substrates, as evidenced by X-ray diffraction. WO3 films with this orientation show improved electrochromic properties when compared to films with a lower degree of crystallographic orientation, prepared in an analogue fashion. FAU - Kaper, Helena AU - Kaper H AD - Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Am Muhlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. FAU - Djerdj, Igor AU - Djerdj I FAU - Gross, Silvia AU - Gross S FAU - Amenitsch, Heinz AU - Amenitsch H FAU - Antonietti, Markus AU - Antonietti M FAU - Smarsly, Bernd M AU - Smarsly BM LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150623 PL - England TA - Phys Chem Chem Phys JT - Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP JID - 100888160 EDAT- 2015/06/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/24 06:01 CRDT- 2015/06/24 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/24 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.1039/c5cp01869b [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2015 Jul 21;17(27):18138-45. doi: 10.1039/c5cp01869b. Epub 2015 Jun 23.