Electrochemically assisted deposition of transparent, mechanically robust TiO2 films for advanced applications

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Maino, Giulia ^a   Meroni, Daniela ^a   Pifferi, Valentina ^a   Falciola, Luigi ^a   Soliveri, Guido ^a   Cappelletti, Giuseppe ^a   Ardizzone, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifogging; Antistain; Electrochemically assisted deposition; Nanostructured coating; Photoelectrochemical polymerization

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPYRROLES; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; STAINED GLASS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; WETTING;

ANTIFOGGING; ANTISTAIN; ASSISTED DEPOSITION; NANOSTRUCTURED COATINGS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS;

FILM PREPARATION;

POLYPYRROLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; OPTICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84885984520     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2087-2     Document Type: Article

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