We report a simple and inexpensive approach to the fabrication of enclosed nanoscale channels composed of silica nanoparticles on planar Si surfaces using interferometric lithography to define the long-range pattern in a photoresist film followed by spin-coating self-assembly of colloidal silica nanoparticles and high-temperature calcination to remove the photoresist leaving open nanochannels. ...

Highly selective porous films were prepared by spin-coating deposition of colloidal silica nanoparticles on an appropriate macroporous substrate. Silica nanoparticles very homogenous in size were obtained by sol-gel reaction of a metal oxide silica precursor, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), and using polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) copolymers as soft-templating agents. Nanopa...

In this paper, the pore filling of spiro-OMeTAD (2,2(,7,7(-tetrakis-(N,N-di-pmethoxyphenylamine)9,9(-spirobifluorene) in mesoporous TiO2 films is quantified for the first time using XPS depth profiling and UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy. It is shown that spiro-OMeTAD can penetrate the entire depth of the film, and its concentration is constant throughout the film. We determine that in a 2.5-mm-...

We demonstrate passive mode locking of solid-state lasers by saturable absorbers based on carbon nanotubes (CNT). These novel absorbers are fabricated by spin-coating a polymer doped with CNTs onto commercial dielectric laser-mirrors. We obtain broadband artificial saturable absorber mirrors with ultrafast recovery times without the use of epitaxial growth techniques and the well-established sp...

Thin film of zinc oxide was prepared by spin coating on pyrex glass using zinc acetate dehydrate, 2methoxyethanol and monoethanolamine (MEA) as a precursor, solvent and stabilizer respectively. Also, Aluminium-doped thin film of ZnO was prepared by using AlCl3. Deposited thin films were investigated for structural and optical properties using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV–VIS-NIR spectrophotom...

We report the preparation of (111) preferentially oriented CoFe2O4 thin films on Pt(111)/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates using a spin-coating process. The post-annealing conditions and film thickness were varied for cobalt ferrite (CFO) thin films, and Pt/CFO/Pt structures were prepared to investigate the resistance switching behaviors. Our results showed that resistance switching without a forming pro...

BACKGROUND The use of different bioactive materials as coating on dental implant to restore tooth function is a growing trend in modern Dentistry. In the present study, hydroxyapatite and the bioactive glass-coated implants were evaluated for their behavior in osseous tissue following implantation in 14 patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Bioactive glass and hydroxyapatite formulated and prepared...

Evaporating liquid layers are found in many areas of science and technology, so their practical significance is rather high. Examples include evaporative cooling and numerous coating applications. In the latter a substrate is coated with a layer of solution which, upon the evaporation of solvent, leaves a layer of solute on the surface of the substrate. The main difference between various coati...