Optical-Quality Thin Films with Tunable Thickness from Stable Colloidal Suspensions of Lanthanide Oxysulfide Nanoplates.

Autor: Meyniel L; Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France., Boissière C; Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France., Krins N; Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France., Carenco S; Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids [Langmuir] 2023 Jan 17; Vol. 39 (2), pp. 728-738. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 30.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02026
Abstrakt: In modern laser technologies, there is a need for coatings that would be compatible with flexible substrates while retaining the advantages of inorganic compounds in terms of robustness. As a first step in this direction, we developed here thin films of lanthanide oxysulfide, of optical quality, prepared by low-temperature dip coating. As a model compound in the family of oxysulfides, (Gd,Ce) 2 O 2 S anisotropic nanoplates were used. The films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and in situ UV and IR spectroscopic ellipsometry, showing that the band gap of the materials was preserved through the deposition process. The thickness of the films was tuned in a broad range, from a few nanometers to 150 nm, using different concentrations of the colloidal suspensions as well as single-layer and multilayer deposition. Lastly, thermal treatment of the thin films was optimized to remove the stabilizing organic ligands of the nanoparticles while preserving their integrity, as confirmed by SEM and XRD.
Databáze: MEDLINE