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Sol-Gel Derived Optical and Photonic Materials
- 1st Edition - November 25, 2020
- Editors: Rui Almeida, Alessandro Martucci, Luis Santos, Rocío Estefanía Rojas Hernández
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 0 1 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 2 3 6 - 9
Sol-gel processing is a low temperature, low cost wet chemistry route to a range of different materials, particularly glassy and ceramic oxides, including nanoparticles and po… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSol-gel processing is a low temperature, low cost wet chemistry route to a range of different materials, particularly glassy and ceramic oxides, including nanoparticles and powders, fibers, thin films and membranes, or monoliths and composites. Thin films and coatings represent by far the most important category of sol-gel derived products with optical, electronic and magnetic functionalities, for example photoresist and dielectric spin-on-glass layers, flat screen displays, anti-reflection, conducting and magnetic disk coatings, as well as photochromic, electrochromic and photovoltaic coatings. Sol-gel derived materials are homogeneous at the molecular level and are a good example of a bottom-up approach to materials synthesis. There is increasing need of new optical and photonic materials with improved performance, where molecular level homogeneity and easy fabrication in film form may be especially convenient, highlighting a decisive advantage of sol-gel over other more established technologies to obtain graded index optical components, solar control coatings, phosphors, glass ceramics or multilayer photonic structures.
There is no book available yet which focuses in particular on optical and photonic sol-gel derived materials. This is what makes this book unique at this point for those especially or exclusively interested in optical and photonic functional materials and applications. This book represents an important tool to update scientists and engineers with recent advances in the rapidly evolving field of optical and photonic materials, components and devices. Our target audience are those working in materials science, physics, engineering and chemistry disciplines, in particular academics and researchers working in advanced optical/photonic processing technologies, research and development engineers in high technology industries and research project leaders. This book will also be an essential tool for graduate students pursuing a PhD or even a Master’s degree.
- Reviews wide range of sol-gel derived coatings including reflective and anti-reflective, self-cleaning, and electrochromic
- Discusses latest advances in sol-gel derived photonic crystals including one dimensional, two dimensional, and three dimensional structures
- Addresses key applications in solid state lighting, solar cells, sensors, fiber optics, and magneto-optical devices
Researchers in Materials Science, Physics, Engineering, and Chemistry disciplines working in academia and R&D disciplines
Rui M. Almeida
2. Sol–gel derived anti-reflective coatings for high fluence lasers
Tayyab Suratwala, Pam Whitman and Marcus Monticelli
3. TiO2 coatings prepared by sol-gel and electrochemical methodologies
Marta I. Litter, María L. Vera and Hernán D. Traid
4. One-dimensional multilayer photonic crystals
Rui M. Almeida, Rocío Estefanía Rojas-Hernandez and Luís F. Santos
5. Design and implementation of 2-D photonic crystals using sol–gel materials
Jingjing Qian and Meng Lu
6. 3D-photonic crystals: Opal structures
A.Chiappini, C.Armellini, L.Pasquardini, A.Lukowiak, M.Ferrari
7. Photovoltaic spectral conversion materials: The role of sol–gel processing
Sandra F.H.Correia, A.R.Friasa, P.S.André, Rute A.S.Ferreira, Luís D.Carlos
8. Hybrid materials for patterning and waveguiding
Jian Xu and Lin Liu
9. Semiconductor quantum dot-doped sol–gel materials
Massimo Guglielmi and Alessandro Martucci
10. Lanthanide-doped oxyfluoride transparent glass–ceramics prepared by sol–gel
Yolanda Castro and Alicia Durán
11. Sol–gel derived phosphors for optical applications
Rocío Estefanía Rojas-Hernandez, Luís F. Santos and Rui M. Almeida
12. Optical gas sensors
Massimo Guglielmi and Alessandro Martucci
13. Sol–Gel materials for optical and electrooptical applications
David Levy
14. Sol–gel materials for optical fibers
Hicham El Hamzaoui, Mohamed Bouazaoui and Bruno Capoen
15. Multifunctional magnetic, optical and electrical nanomaterials processed by sol–gel method
C. Bartha, C.E. Secu and M. Secu
- No. of pages: 394
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 25, 2020
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128180198
- eBook ISBN: 9780128182369
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