On the etching of silica and mesoporous silica films determined by X-ray reflectivity and atomic force microscopy |
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Authors: | Y Minhao |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Physique de l’Etat Condensé, UMR CNRS 6087, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 09, France |
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Abstract: | X-ray reflectometry and atomic force microscopy were used to characterize the etching effect of 0.1 mol dm− 3 NaOH solution on mesoporous silica films < 100 nm thick produced by the evaporation induced self assembly route using a nonionic triblock co-polymer as the template. The effect of this treatment on films that had been partly condensed at 80 °C or fired at 400 °C in air are compared to non-porous films produced using conventional sol-gel technique. The evolution of film structure was monitored by atomic force microscopy and X-ray reflectometry. Thicknesses obtained from these measurements were used as an order parameter to determine the etch rate. For the mesoporous films, distinct stages corresponding to (a) film compression; (b) removal of the weakly organised caplayer; (c) progressive removal of bilayers of pores/silicated layres; and finally film collapse were revealed. |
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Keywords: | 61 10 Eq 61 46 -w 68 37 Ps |
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