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Study of Anatase to Rutile Phase Transition in Nanocrystalline Titania Films

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Nanocrystalline titania films were prepared by a complexing agent-assisted sol-gel dip-coating process. The effect of acetylacetone, diethanolamine and polyethylene glycol on the structure of the heat-treated titania films was examined by Raman and FTIR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The effect the complexing agents have on the anatase to rutile phase transition during the heat treatment process is studied. The understanding of this effect is expected to enhance our capacity to tailor the composition and morphology of films and thus their properties. The Raman and the infrared spectra of nanocrystalline titania films and the changes induced by the heat treatment were also investigated. We have also studied the size of the crystallites in TiO2 films and its dependence on the type of complexing agent used.

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  1. Université de Moncton—Campus de Shippagan, 218, boul. J.-D. Gauthier, Shippagan, N.-B., Canada, E8S 1P6

    Y. Djaoued & J. Robichaud

  2. Département de physique et d'astronomie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, N.-B., Canada, E1A 3E9

    S. Badilescu & P.V. Ashrit

  3. Physics Department, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, University Viale delle Scienze, 43100, Parma, Italy

    D. Bersani & P.P. Lottici

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Djaoued, Y., Badilescu, S., Ashrit, P. et al. Study of Anatase to Rutile Phase Transition in Nanocrystalline Titania Films. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 24, 255–264 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015357313003

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