Zirconium Oxide (ZrO2) is an interesting material in optical filters, gas sensors and protective coatings owing to their outstanding optical, chemical, thermal and mechanical properties. Zirconium Oxide thin films were deposited on glass substrates by sol gel dip coating method, using alcoholic solutions. The dipping solution was prepared from Zirconium OxychlorideOctahydrate and Isopropanol wi...

In this review, several cost-effective thin-film coating methods, which include dip-coating, spin-coating, spray-coating, blade-coating, and roll-coating, are presented. Each method has its own set of advantages disadvantages depending on the proposed application. Not all them appropriate for large-scale production due to their certain limitations. That is why should be selected based type size...

This paper presents the microstructure, optical and electrical properties of zinc oxide nanorodlike structures deposed on glass substrate by dip-coating method. The crystalline phases and morphology of 1-D nanostructured materials have been investigated using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. The UV-VIS-NIR spectra and the electrical properties were also measu...

Sol-gel processing is an attractive method for large-scale surface coating due to its facile and inexpensive preparation, even with the inclusion of precision nanotopographies. These are desirable traits for metal orthopaedic prostheses where ceramic coatings are known to be osteoinductive and the effects may be amplified through nanotexturing. However there are a few concerns associated with t...

Biosensing technologies based on plasmonic nanostructures have recently attracted significant attention due to their small dimensions, low-cost and high sensitivity but are often limited in terms of affinity, selectivity and stability. Consequently, several methods have been employed to functionalize plasmonic surfaces used for detection in order to increase their stability. Herein, a plasmonic...

Abstract : Zirconium Oxide (ZrO2) thin films were prepared on glass substrates by sol-gel dip coating method using Zirconium Oxychloride Octahydrate, Isopropanol and Acetyl acetone as precursor, solvent and stabilizer respectively. In the present work, the optical properties of the Zirconia thin films have been studied. Samples with different number of layers were prepared by repeating the dipp...

Lead Zirconate Titanate oxide (PZT) thick films with thicknesses of up to 10 μm were developed using a modified sol-gel technique. Usually, the film thickness is less than 1 μm by conventional sol-gel processing, while the electrical charge accumulation which reveals the direct effect of piezoelectricity is proportional to the film thickness and therefore restricted. Two approaches were adopted...