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Preparation of transparent and mechanically hard inorganic-organic hybrid thick films from 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and zirconium propoxide

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In order to lower the heating temperature, inorganic-organic hybrid films prepared by a sol-gel process are attractive candidates for glaze. Here, we prepared the inorganic-organic hybrid thick films on glass substrates by the sol-gel process at 100 °C. The precursor sol was prepared by hydrolysis and condensation of 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS) and zirconium propoxide chemically modified with acetylacetone. The obtained GPTMS-ZrO2-based thick films had a transmittance higher than 80% in the visible light of 390–800 nm. Thick films with a pencil hardness of 5H and a thickness of more than 100 µm were obtained.

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  • 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS)-based inorganic-organic hybrid thick films were prepared by a casting process.

  • Transmittance of the films was higher than 80% in the visible light of 390–800 nm.

  • Pencil hardness of the films was increased by the introduction of Zr–O bonds in GPTMS-derived polysiloxane.

  • Thick films with a pencil hardness of 5H and a thickness of more than 100 µm were obtained.

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The present study was partly supported by JST. A-STEP Grant Number JPMJTM19AH.

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    Takuto Toide

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    Nataly Carolina Rosero-Navarro, Akira Miura & Kiyoharu Tadanaga

  3. Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Hiromitsu Kozuka

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Toide, T., Rosero-Navarro, N.C., Miura, A. et al. Preparation of transparent and mechanically hard inorganic-organic hybrid thick films from 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and zirconium propoxide. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 104, 478–483 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-022-05836-7

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