Abstract
Nanostructures have a wide range of potential applications in industry because they can impart novel mechanical or functional properties to coatings such as abrasion resistance, UV shielding, superhydrophobicity. In this work we present a method for the fabrication of nanostructured coatings with improved mechanical properties, in which sol-gel nanoparticles are deposited on a surface and embedded in a ceramic film by plasmaenhanced chemical vapour deposition. This synthetic strategy is applied to the fabrication of transparent nanostructured antiscratch coatings.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 340-346 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Antiscratch coatings
- Nanocomposites
- Nanostructures
- Plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition
- Sol-gel
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Biomaterials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Materials Chemistry