One-step preparation of UV transparent highly ordered mesoporous zirconia thin films

Highly ordered mesoporous ZrO2 thin films were prepared by evaporation induced self-assembly. Complexing agents and low pH were simultaneously employed in order to control the hydrolysis-condensation kinetics, permitting to cast films in one step. Many commercially available PPO-based surfactants ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Zelcer, Andrés, Soler Illia, Galo Juan de Avila Arturo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/77856
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/77856
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mesoporous Thin Films
Zirconia
Multilayer Thin Films
Acetylacetonate
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.10
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:Highly ordered mesoporous ZrO2 thin films were prepared by evaporation induced self-assembly. Complexing agents and low pH were simultaneously employed in order to control the hydrolysis-condensation kinetics, permitting to cast films in one step. Many commercially available PPO-based surfactants can be used as templates, yielding different pore sizes. The mesoporosity is well preserved at high temperatures (600 °C) and after exposing the films to extreme alkaline conditions (1 M NaOH, 18 h). The procedure has been used to cast multilayer films, paving the way to mesoporous thin films-based UV photonics. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013.