Mesoporous silica thin films prepared by argon plasma treatment of sol-gel-derived precursor

  • Jian Zhang*
  • , Al Palaniappan
  • , Xiaodi Su
  • , Francis E.H. Tay
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Argon plasma is used to generate the mesoporous silica thin films from sol-gel-derived precursor. Poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG, MW=400) is employed as the template, i.e., the pore directing-agent as well as the binder. The influence of the plasma parameters on the mesoscopic properties of silica films are investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), FT-IR, low-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and nitrogen isotherm adsorption.

Original languageEnglish
Article number67
Pages (from-to)291-295
Number of pages5
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5774
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventFifth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications - Shanghai, China
Duration: 31 May 20042 Jun 2004

Keywords

  • Argon plasma
  • Mesoporous
  • PEG template
  • Silica
  • Sol-gel

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