Fabrication and properties of perovskite Pb(Yb,Nb)O3–PbTiO3 thin films through a sol–gel process

Synthesis of indium tin oxide nanotubes using 2-methoxyethanol as solvent via simple template method

“…Moreover, the 2-methoxyethanol solvent as a typical glycol-ether compound is important for the setup of the intact ITO nanotubes. According to the previous reports, the hydrolysis effects of the glycol from the 2-methoxyethanol promote the connection between metal-alkoxide and 2-methoxyethanol [28,29]. So, the hydrolysis reaction is balanced by glycol, resulting in the formation of uniform ITO thin films on the walls of AAO template.…”

Phase-separation-induced self-assembly of controllable PbTiO3 nanodots on Si substrates

“…Although sol-gel preparation of PT has been intensively studied [26][27][28][29][30], most of them focused on the phase purity and some other properties. In our previous work, a sol-gel based phaseseparation-induced self-assembly (PSIA) route was proven to be effective in direct preparation of TiO 2 nanodots on substrates with controlled nanodot size and density [31,32].…”

Preparation and electrical properties of Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 thick films embedded with ZnO nanowhiskers by a hybrid sol–gel route

“…Many methods have been developed to prepare PZT films and ceramics, such as radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering [3], pulsed laser deposition (PLD) [4], metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) [5], sol-gel [6][7][8][9][10][11], screen-print [12,13], chemical solution deposition [14], solid state process [15], etc. Among them, sol-gel is an attractive technique for fabricating PZT films due to its good compatibility with MEMS technology, precise control of the homogeneity of composition, ease of use and low cost for fabricating thin films with large area.…”