Influence of Solvent Concentration on the Microstructure of SiO2-TiO2 Sol-Gel Films

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 243-248

  Orignac, Xavier ^a   Vasconcelos, H C ^a   Du, X M ^a   Almeida, R M ^a  

^a INESC   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Porosity; Scattering; Sol gel films; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ETHANOL; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POROSITY; SILICA GEL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLUME FRACTION;

OPTICAL LOSSES; SPIN COATING;

SOL-GELS;

EID: 0030654696     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436847     Document Type: Article

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