Vegetal nanoclusters in hybrid silica films prepared by sol-gel spin coating technique

• Published in: Journal of non-crystalline solids Vol. 357; no. 7; pp. 1716 - 1723
• Main Authors: Lacatusu, I., Badea, N., Murariu, A., Pirvu, C., Meghea, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 01.04.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Clusters; Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Exact sciences and technology; Fluorescence; Hybrid sol-gel films; Liquid phase epitaxy; deposition from liquid phases (melts, solutions, and surface layers on liquids); Materials science; Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy; Nanoclusters; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation; Optical properties of specific thin films; Physics; Rosemary extract; Silicon dioxide; Sol gel process; Sols; Spin-coating; Fluorescence; Hybrid sol-gel films; Spin-coating; Rosemary extract; Nanoclusters; Atomic force microscopy; Nanocluster; Particle size; Inorganic compounds; Light scattering; Surface morphology; Chromophores; Silica; Template method; Solid clusters; Composite materials; Vibrational modes; Plant origin; Spin-on coating; Fourier-transformed infrared spectrometry; Sol-gel process

Hybrid sol-gel films containing Rosemary extract nanoclusters embedded into hybrid silica network have been successfully synthesized using the sol-gel procedure by exploiting the template route, in association with an adequate spin-coating method. Formation of film precursor sols and effect of selec...