Chemical control of stress in sol-gel derived titania films and their pressure dependent optical properties
Optical properties and durability of thin films are influenced by strain which can be evaluated from frequency shifts of the lattice phonon lines in measured Raman spectra. The response of titania samples to applied pressure is reported in this work. Anatase and rutile samples of thin films (sol-gel and sputter deposited) and bulk materials have been subjected to hydrostatic pressures approaching 100 kbar in a diamond anvil cell. Results indicate that the rutile samples exhibit similar responses to applied pressure. Anatase sol-gel films exhibit a pressure-dependent response that suggests that the sol-gel film is more compressible than the bulk material, and a pressure-induced phase transformation observed for the bulk material is inhibited in the anatase sol-gel film. The anomalous pressure response of the anatase sol-gel film may result from the film microstructure which has been shown by transmission electron microscopy to consist of spheres of crystalline TiO/sub 2/ surrounded by microscopic voids. 9 refs., 4 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Washington Univ., Seattle (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 7150663
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-15409; CONF-880408-20; CONF-880408-; ON: DE88009472
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHALCOGENIDES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CRYSTALS
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ENERGY LEVELS
EQUATIONS
EXCITED STATES
FILMS
MICROSCOPY
MICROSTRUCTURE
MONOCRYSTALS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
PRESSURE EFFECTS
RAMAN SPECTRA
SOL-GEL PROCESS
SPECTRA
SPHERES
STRAINS
THIN FILMS
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TITANIUM OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
VERY HIGH PRESSURE
VIBRATIONAL STATES
VOIDS