Sol–gel spin coating process is used to produce optical filters from SiO2 and TiO2 multilayers. By coating the films symmetrically on both sides of the glass substrates, we designed two types of three-layer anti-reflective (AR) filters for the near–infrared region, and a ninelayer reflective filter for the near–UV region. We develop a simple theoretical model for these filters, which incorporat...

Sol-gel thin films of hydroxyapatite (HA) and titania (TiO(2)) have received a great deal of attention in the area of bioactive surface modification of titanium (Ti) implants. Sol-gel coatings were developed on Ti substrates of pure HA and TiO(2) and two composite forms, HA+10% TiO(2) and HA+20% TiO(2), and the biological properties of the coatings were evaluated. All the coating layers exhibit...

tungsten trioxide (wo3) films have been coated on indium thin oxide (ito) conductive glass substrate, using aqueous solution of peroxotungstic acid (pta) by the sol-gel dip coating method. x-ray diffractometery (xrd) analysis confirmed monoclinic and triclinic structure for the film and powdered wo3 respectively. fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir) exhibited the structure of peroxo...

Optical properties and structure of antireflective coatings (AR) deposited from hydrolysed TEOS sol have been characterized in detail. The influence of various parameters on the formation of colloidal silica antireflective coatings by the dip-coating technique has been investigated. For the characterization of colloidal silica films, the UV-visible spectroscopy, laser ellipsometry, and atomic f...

As an attractive alternative to organic and silica monoliths, hybrid organic-inorganic monolith somewhat combines the advantages of them, such as high surface area, excellent mechanical strength, and thermal stability. We have reviewed the preparation and application of hybrid monoliths in 2011 and 2013. The preparation approaches have been mainly summarized into three categories: (1) common so...

Sol-gel coatings which elute bioactive silver ions are presented as a potential solution to the problem of biofilm formation on indwelling surfaces. There is evidence that high-temperature processing of such materials can lead to diffusion of silver away from the coating surface, reducing the amount of available silver. In this study, we report the biofilm inhibition of a Staphylococcus epiderm...

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A new hydrophobic hexyltrimethoxysilane (HTMS) coating for polyester fabric was successfully synthesized via a one-step water-based sol-gel method under acidic condition. Five different molar ratios of HTMS: water (1;40, 1:30, 1:20, 1:12 and 1:3) were prepared the solution deposited onto by simple dip-pad-cure process. The effect content on hydrophobicity evaluated manual testing treated sample...

PTFE-based coatings have been widely used, for example, on aluminium moulds for moulding of polyolefin packaging materials for its non-stick property. However, these coatings do not meet the users’ scratch resistance and durability requirements. This paper describes a preliminary study on the synthesis and characterization of a PTFE/sol-gel composite coating material which combines the required...

Recent developments in the preparation of surfactant-templated mesostructured sol-gel silica materials have extended the morphology from the originally discovered powders, with particle sizes on the order of microns, to mesoporous continuous thin films. These films could find applications in membrane-based separations, selective catalysis and sensors. Particularly, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)t...