Effect of the RE (RE = Eu, Er) doping on the structural and textural properties of mesoporous TiO2 thin films obtained by evaporation induced self-assembly method

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 558, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-148

  Borlaf, Mario ^a   Caes, Sebastien ^b   Dewalque, Jennifer ^b   Colomer, María Teresa ^a   Moreno, Rodrigo ^a   Cloots, Rudi ^b   Boschini, Frederic ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CERÁMICA Y VIDRIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Erbium; Europium; Evaporation induced self assembly; Mesoporous films; Sol gel deposition; Thin films; Titania

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITION; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; EVAPORATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MESOPOROUS FILMS; MESOPOROUS THIN FILMS; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD; SOL-GEL DEPOSITION; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; TITANIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRANSPARENT THIN FILM;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84898812015     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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