Published in

Elsevier, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1-3(976), p. 314-319

DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.04.010

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Investigations of the effects of the growth of SnO2 nanoparticles on the structural properties of glass–ceramic planar waveguides using Raman and FTIR spectroscopies

This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Red circle
Postprint: archiving forbidden
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

(100- x ) SiO 2 – x SnO 2 ( x from 12 to 60 mol%) glass–ceramic thin films have been prepared by the sol–gel processing method, obtaining high SnO 2 concentrations (up to 60 mol%) for the first time. Using an appropriate thermal process, SnO 2 nanocrystals were nucleated in the glassy silica matrix, providing optical waveguides for x ≤ 30 mol%. M-line measurements were used to determine the thickness and refractive index of each film. Raman and FTIR spectroscopies, in situ high-temperature XRD and TEM data have been used to identify the initiation of crystallization (at about 900 °C for x ≤ 30 mol%). Calculations based on the low-wavenumber Raman data yield the sizes of the semi-conductor nanoparticles, which vary from 3.2 to 4.6 nm with heat-treatments varying from 900 °C to 1100 °C for SnO 2 concentrations varying from 12 to 30 mol%. Raman and FTIR data have provided information on the structural evolutions of the matrix which result from the formation and the growth of the SnO 2 nanocrystals.