Enhanced Mechanical Properties in Organofluorosilica Thin Films
Author(s) -
Mario Pagliaro,
Giovanni Palmisano,
Éric Le Bourhis,
Rosaria Ciriminna,
Laura M. Ilharco,
Alexandra Fidalgo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of nanomaterials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1687-4129
pISSN - 1687-4110
DOI - 10.1155/2008/964046
Subject(s) - ormosil , materials science , composite material , elastic modulus , thin film , spin coating , sol gel , coating , alkyl , modulus , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering
Fluorinated hybrid organic-inorganic silicates (ORMOSIL) thin films display exceptional mechanical properties in terms of both hardness and elastic modulus that can be finely tuned by varying the angular velocity of the spin coating process. Hence, as traditional alkyl-modified silica xerogels generally show poor mechanical behavior, these materials offer a solution to a major limitation to applicability of ORMOSIL-based films
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