Nanocrystalline TiO2 thin films fabricated via a polyelectrolyte multilayer-assisted sol-gel reaction

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3679-3685

  Logar, Manca ^a   Jančar, Boštjan ^a   Suvorov, Danilo ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATASE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC GROUP; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN-SITU; INORGANIC PRECURSOR; INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID; NANO-METER SCALE; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; NANOSTRUCTURED TIO; OPTICAL PARAMETER; POLYACRYLIC ACIDS; POLYALLYLAMINE; POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYER; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION; SOL-GEL REACTION; TIO; UV REGION; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; WEAK POLYELECTROLYTES;

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; FABRICATION; FILM PREPARATION; GELS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTILAYERS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

EID: 78549240636     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03961.x     Document Type: Article

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