New technique for the manipulation of nanostructured metal-oxide properties

Elisabetta Comini; Giorgio Sberveglieri

doi:10.1117/12.476089

13 November 2002 New technique for the manipulation of nanostrucured metal-oxides properties.

Proceedings Volume 4936, Nano- and Microtechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476089
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Smart Materials, Nano-, and Micro- Smart Systems, 2002, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

Nanocomposite materials have attracted considerable research effort in recent years both because of their potential technological applications and because of their relevance to the study of basic physical properties in this range of sizes. On decreasing the dimensions of a material to the nanometre scale, many new effects appear, such as quantum size effects, which can result in new physical properties so that nanostructured materials can show novel optical, electrical, magnetic and catalytic properties that are different from those of bulk materials. The electrical conductivity is also related to the grain size and separation and the gas sensing properties. Many techniques can be employed to fabricate nanocomposite films, such as sol-gel, sputtering and ion implantation. In this work we have deposited mixed oxide of Mo-W, Ti-W and Mo-Ti by sputtering. The production of chemoresistive semiconducting films through selective sublimation processing Ti-W-O, Mo-W-O has been obtained and furthermore the manipulation of a metal-oxide properties by doping Mo:TiO₂ and Ti:MoO₃. This technique consists of deposition of a mixed-oxide layer, the annealing of the film leads to depletion of the phase with lowest sublimation temperature. The method allows the achievement of films ideal for gas sensing via chemoresistive effect: grain-coalescence inhibition, i.e., nanostructured materials, porous films and modifiable composition. The gas sensing properties of these materials toward gases like CO, NO₂ and ethanol have been studied.

Citation Download Citation

Elisabetta Comini and Giorgio Sberveglieri "New technique for the manipulation of nanostrucured metal-oxides properties.", Proc. SPIE 4936, Nano- and Microtechnology: Materials, Processes, Packaging, and Systems, (13 November 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476089

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members: $17.00

Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART

PROCEEDINGS
9 PAGES

DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

GET CITATION

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS

Get copyright permission Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace

KEYWORDS

Annealing

Bioalcohols

Molybdenum

Carbon monoxide

Oxides

Sputter deposition

Tungsten

Show All Keywords

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years