Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 221, Issue -, Pages 37-43Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2013.01.025
Keywords
Titanium dioxide; Crack-free; In-situ; Microemulsion
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51002194]
- Chongqing Natural Science Foundation from Chongqing Science & Technology Commission [CSTC2010BB4293]
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A simple strategy of combining in-situ reaction with microemulsion is used to prepare a crack-free TiO2 thin film with the nano-particles self-assembling into a mesoporous network. The particle shape and size are controlled by the reverse micelles in the microemulsion. In-situ growth of the TiO2 nano-particles prevents the film from cracking by reducing the build-up of capillary stress during the drying process. SEM images indicate that the in-situ TiO2 film is composed of interconnected nano-particles with a size of several tens of nanometers and does not crack macroscopically even when the film thickness is beyond 50 mu m. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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