Recently, perovskite-based nanomaterials are used in diverse applications. Many perovskite nanoparticle-based devices have been demonstrated with extraordinary sensing performances to various chemical species both solid and solution states. In this context, a new ethanol gas sensor La0.8Ca0.1Pb0.1FeO3 has developed. film prepared using the drop coating method onto SiO2/Si transducers platinum i...

Ridge and buried channel waveguides were fabricated on different substrates such as SiO2-on-Si, Si, glass wafers and Printed Circuit Boards by a sol-gel processing together with a photolithography process using photopatternable hybrid sol-gel materials. Thick sol-gel films of up to 100 microns were developed using a modified sol-gel process and ridge waveguides with vertical smooth sidewalls we...

In this work, WMo nanopowders were prepared by sol-gel synthesis combined with hydrogen reduction. The phase distribution of the powders calcination and reduction at different temperatures was analyzed to figure out effect temperature on reaction process. calcined further thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) differential thermal (DSC). composition, grain size powder morphology resulted nanoparticle...

High-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) nanopowders were synthesized by the citrate-gel route, which is a modification of the sol-gel method. The fine powders were calcinated at 860 and 900 °C. They were of small size, in the range of 30–35 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns verified production of the orthorhombic superconducting phase in all samples. Measuring the magnetic propert...

Sol-gel derived silica possess many promising features, including low-temperature preparation procedure, porosity, chemical and physical stability. Applications exploiting porous materials to encapsulate sensor molecules, enzymes and many other compounds, are developing rapidly. In this paper some potential applications, with emphasis on biomedical and environmental ones, are reviewed. The mate...

Nanosized Powders are known to have very useful applications in the areas of medical, structural, chemical and other various fields because of their enhanced physical, optical, and magnetic properties. Several Synthesis methods have been developed for the production of nanopowders. This paper will discuss different methods used for the production of nanosized powders and their advantages and di...

The perovskite nanopowders of lanthanum strontium cobalt ferrite (LSCF) have been synthesized using the alginate mediated ion-exchange process. This perovskite-based material is a promising cathode for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs) due to its high electrical conductivity, low polarizability, catalytic activity oxygen reduction, enhanced chemical stability at an elev...

In this study, ZnO nanopowders and ZnO doped with metals (Cu , Ag- doped ZnO) and (Cd, Ag- doped ZnO) were synthesized by the sol-gel method in order to investigation on the codoping effect on the band gap and photocatalytic activity of ZnO. The synthesized samples are characterized by IR spectroscopy technique. Moreover, the absorption coefficients of the ZnO, Ag-Cd-ZnO and Ag-Cu-ZnO were anal...

Nanoparticles of perovskite-type LaCo0.5Fe0.5O3 (LCFO) were fabricated by sol–gel method.Thermal decomposition process of the complex precursor was examined by means of differentialthermal analysis–thermal gravimetric analysis (DTA/TGA). X-ray diffraction (XRD) resultsshowed that single perovskite phase has been completely formed after calcination at 750 °C. Inaddition, the surface morphology a...