Creation of high-refractive-index amorphous titanium oxide thin films from low-fractal-dimension polymeric precursors synthesized by a sol-gel technique with a hydrazine monohydrochloride catalyst

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 12245-12255

  Shimizu, Wataru ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a   Sato, Takaaki ^a   Murakami, Yasushi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID BASE; ALKOXIDES; AMORPHOUS TIO; AMORPHOUS TITANIUM OXIDE; BASE MATERIAL; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; HIGHLY DENSE; LIQUID PRECURSORS; MESH SIZE; N VALUE; ORGANIC LIGANDS; ORGANIC RESIDUES; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED; POLYCONDENSATION REACTIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIC AGGREGATES; POLYMERIC PRECURSORS; POLYMERIC STRUCTURES; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; SMOOTH SURFACE; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; SOLID THIN FILMS; TIO; TITANIUM ALKOXIDES; TRANSPARENT FILMS; VOID SPACE; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CATALYSTS; ESTERS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HYDRAZINE; LIQUIDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GEL PROCESS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84865484966     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3015139     Document Type: Article

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