Nano-sized blue spectral shift in sol-gel derived mesoporous titania films

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Karasinski P ^a   Gondek, E ^b   Drewniak, S ^a   Kityk, I V ^c  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anatase; Band energy gap; Nano confined effects; Sol gel; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AFM; BAND ENERGY GAP; BLUE SHIFT; DIP COATING TECHNIQUES; ENERGY SPECTRAL; HIGH POROSITY; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; MESOPOROUS FILMS; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; NANO CONFINED EFFECTS; NANO-SIZED; OPTICAL FEATURES; SPECTRAL ENERGY; SPECTRAL SHIFT; STARTING SOLUTIONS; TIO; TITANIA FILMS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; TRITON X-100;

ENERGY GAP; GELS; METALLIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; POROSITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLIDS; SOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84856255883     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-011-2634-1     Document Type: Article

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