In this study, pure BiVO4 powder and metal-doped M-BiVO4 (M = Mg, Cu) powder, well known as thermochromic materials, were prepared from a mixed aqueous solution of bismuth nitrate (Bi(NO3)3) and ammonium vanadate (NH4VO3) in autoclave by hydrothermal method. The crystal structure, microstructure, and thermochromic property of samples were analyzed using FE-SEM, FT-IR, XRD, DSC, UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy and colorimeter. When heating samples above phase transition temperature, the color of M-BiVO4 (M = Mg, Cu) sample was thermally changed more clearly than that of using only pure BiVO4 sample.

To prepare diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) red 254 pigment with high shield and bright color, DPP red 254 crude previously synthesized was treated at various thermal-treat temperature, addition derivative and ball-milling. The properties of samples were measured by the means of FT-IR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, TEM, PSA, BET surface area analyzer, viscometer and spectrophotometer. It was found that solvent thermal-treatment of the sample prepared after ball-milling as nano-scale was very effective method in pigmentation process.