SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SMART FUNCTIONAL COATINGS BY CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION METHODS

Conference · Tue Jul 19 04:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1020554

Mendez-Torres, A

New coating technology enables the fabrication of low cost structural health monitoring (SHM) and tamper indication devices that can be employed to strengthen national and international safeguards objectives. In particular, such innovations could serve the safeguards community by improving both the timeliness of detection and confidence in verification and monitoring. This work investigates the synthesis of functional surface coatings using chemical solutions deposition methods. Chemical solution deposition has recently received attention in the materials research community due to its unique advantages such as low temperature processing, high homogeneity of final products and the ability to fabricate materials with controlled surface properties and pore structures. The synthesis of functional coatings aimed at modifying the materials conductivity and optical properties was investigated by the incorporation of transition element (e.g. Cr{sup +3}) and rare earth (e.g. Er{sup +3}) serving as dopants in a polymer or gel matrix. The structural and morphological investigation of the as-deposited films was carried out using UV/Vis and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The as deposited coating was further investigated by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray microscopy.

• Research Organization: SRS
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-08SR22470
• OSTI ID: 1020554
• Report Number(s): SRNL-TR-2011-00209
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
COATINGS
DEPOSITION
DETECTION
FABRICATION
FUNCTIONALS
MICROSCOPY
MONITORING
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
POLYMERS
PORE STRUCTURE
RARE EARTHS
SAFEGUARDS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACE COATING
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SYNTHESIS
TIME DELAY
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VERIFICATION