Effect of humidity during the coating of Stöber silica sols

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 349, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 368-376

  Suratwala, T ^a   Hanna, M L ^a   Whitman, P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COATING TECHNIQUES; HYDROLYSIS; MICROCRACKING; MICROSTRUCTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GELS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ANTI-REFLECTION (AR); CRYSTAL OPTICS; SILICA SOLS; TRANSITION HUMIDITY;

SILICA;

EID: 9644280967     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2004.08.214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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