Functional coatings: The sol-gel approach

CEA's sol-gel laboratory is specialized in the development of innovative sol-gel optical coatings and has extended its application field to membrane materials and coatings for energy conversion, to electric coatings for microelectronics devices and to thin films for gas sensing This article describes, by way of examples, the laboratory's research on sol-gel functional coatings, including nanomaterial synthesis, organic-inorganic hybrid-based solution preparation as well as deposition process development and prototyping. To cite this article: P. Belleville, C. R. Chimie 13 (2010). (C) 2010 Academic des sciences Published by Elsevier Masson SAS All rights reserved.