We report the application of two poly [Ni(salen) was used to fabricate a solid state electrochromic device using lateral configuration with two figures of merit: a simple shape (typology 1) and a butterfly shape (typology 2); typology 1 showed the best performance with optical contrast ∆T = 88.7 % (at λ = 750 nm), colouration efficiency η = 130.4 cm 2 C -1 and charge loss of 37.0 % upon 3000 redox cycles.]

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In a recent article, Jeffery Rachlinski and I analyzed whether contract law's approach to the problem of paper standard forms can effectively govern electronic forms. 1 Some analysts believe that contract law must evolve to police business's new Internet strategies for taking advantage of consumers. Conversely, others assert that contract law must create a new framework to facilitate business's use of the new technology. Relying on our assumptions about how e-businesses use the Internet and how consumers treat their e-standard forms, we concluded that Internet contracting is not fundamentally different from the paper world. Accordingly, major changes in the approach of contract law are not imperative. 2 This paper tests the assumptions we made about consumer behavior when agreeing to estandard forms by offering some empirical evidence of consumer practices. Part I revisits our assumptions about these practices. To test these assumptions, Part II reports on a survey of 92 contracts students' e-standard form practices. The survey inquired about all aspects of their practices, including frequency of contracting, the place and time of such contracting, whether they read their e-forms, the reasons for reading or failing to read, and the factors that would promote reading. To the extent that first-year law-student respondents accurately reflect the e-contracting practices of Internet users, 3 the survey substantiates the assertions made in our earlier article, while refining our understanding of Internet standard-form contracting. Although the survey 2 4 See infra notes , and accompanying text. 5 See infra notes , and accompanying text. 6 On all of this, see infra notes , and accompanying text. 7 See infra notes , and accompanying text. 8 See infra notes , and accompanying text. 9 See infra notes , and accompanying text.

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An electrochromic nanocomposite based on a nickel-salen polymeric film - poly[Ni(3-Mesalen)], Mesalen=N,N'-bis(3-methylsalicylideneiminate) - and graphene nanoplatelets (GFNPs) with enhanced electrochromic stability was successfully prepared by anodic electropolymerization. Although the electrochemical processes typical of the polymer film were not changed by the presence of graphene, higher electroactive surface coverages could be obtained for nanocomposite films, which suggest the incorporation of GFNPs into the polymeric network. The nanocomposite showed multi-electrochromic behavior, with color changes between yellow (reduced state) and green (oxidized state). The inclusion of GFNPs into the poly[Ni(3-Mesalen)] structure accelerates the switching process, with the response time for green coloration decreasing by 50.7% and for yellow coloration by 60.0%, for films prepared with 30 electropolymerization cycles. In terms of electrochemical stability, after 10,000 electrochemical cycles the loss of charge was 7% for the graphene nanocomposite. The nanocomposite film was used as electrochromic material to assemble a flexible solid-state electrochromic device (ECD), which exhibited an outstanding electrochemical stability - only 3% of charge loss after 15days of continuous activity.

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