Sol–gel synthesis of 3-(triethoxysilyl)propylsuccinicanhydride containing fluorinated silane for hydrophobic surface applications

In this paper, novel fluorinated silane compound was prepared by adding hydroxyl terminated Fluorolink D10H oligomer to 3-(triethoxysilyl)propylsuccinicanhydride. The obtained silane system was independently composed with 3-Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-Glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane and 3-Glycidyloxypropyltriethoxysilane and, then the prepared coating solutions were applied to glass surface by spin-coating method. The chemical bonding between groups in system was investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy analyses. The elemental composition of coatings was determined using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy analyses. Its structure and surface properties were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, contact angle measurement and Ultraviolet–visible Absorption Spectroscopy. The amounts of fluorine on the coatings prepared with GF20-D10H-AMMO, GF20-D10H-GLYEO and GF20-D10H-GLYMO are 31, 32 and 34% at, respectively. Transparent coatings with smooth surface and uniform thickness were observed. The coatings had nanoscale roughness. The contact angles of coatings for water ranged from 88 to 107^o, and that of n-hexadecane ranged from 53 to 60^o.     

Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline ZrO2 and surface modification with 2-acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate

For the utilization as inorganic/organic hybrid nanomaterials for optical purposes, nanocrytalline tetragonal ZrO₂ was synthesized by hydrothermal method using zirconium(IV)-n-propoxide as precursor material. Surface of the ZrO₂ particles was then modified with 2-acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate used as a copolymer for coatings. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that both ZrO₂ and modified ZrO₂ are in tetragonal crystalline phase. As proved by transmission electron microscope and particle size analysis, average particle sizes of ZrO₂ and modified ZrO₂ were found as 6.22 and 14.7 nm, respectively. ZrO₂ powder was easily dispersed either in water or n-hexane. Ultraviolet diffuse reflectance spectrophotometer analysis for ZrO₂ and surface modified ZrO₂ showed that maximum absorption peaks are at 215 and 225 nm, respectively.     

Structural and optical properties of thin films prepared from surface modified ZrO2

This paper describes the preparation and characterization of ZrO₂ thin films deposited on silicon wafer by spin coating method. Nanocrystalline ZrO₂ was synthesized by hydrothermal method using zirconium (IV)-n-propoxide as a precursor material. Surface of the ZrO₂ particles was then modified with 2-acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate used as a copolymer for coatings. The optical properties, nanostructure and surface morphology of the thin films prepared from surface modified ZrO₂ nanoparticles were examined by optical spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. It was found that the films deposited on silicon wafer have crystalline structure of monoclinic (111) at temperature of 150 °C. It was observed that films depict very dense material that does not present any granular or columnar structure. It was found that optical transparency of thin ZrO₂ films distributed in the range of 30-40 percent in the spectral range 400-800 nm. Refractive index of ZrO₂ films were determined as functions of ZrO₂ content and it was found that the refractive index increases from 1.547 to 1.643 with increased ZrO₂ content.     

Taylor's Decomposition on two points for one‐dimensional Bratu problem

In this article, Taylor's Decomposition method is introduced for solving one‐dimensional Bratu problem. The numerical scheme is based on the application of the Taylor's decomposition to the corresponding first order differential equation system. The technique is illustrated with different eigenvalues and the results show that the method converges rapidly and hence approximate the exact solution very accurately for relatively large step sizes. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2010     

Evolution of elemental distribution in single liquid precursor–derived nanocomposite solid oxide cell electrodes at nanoscale and its impact on electrochemical performance stability

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - A powder-free solid oxide cell electrode fabrication route is demonstrated, in which a polymeric precursor, containing the cations of electrocatalyst and...