Difference in structural and chemical properties of sol-gel spin coated Al doped TiO, Y doped TiO and Gd doped TiO based on trivalent dopants.

In this research, pure titanium dioxide (TiO) and doped TiO thin film layers were prepared using the spin coating method of titanium(iv) butoxide on a glass substrate from the sol-gel method and annealed at 500 °C. The effects on the structural and chemical properties of these thin films were then investigated. The metal doped TiO thin film which exists as trivalent electrons consists of aluminium (Al), yttrium (Y) and gadolinium (Gd).

Interfacial study of cell adhesion to liquid crystals using widefield surface plasmon resonance microscopy.

Widefield surface plasmon resonance (WSPR) microscopy provides high resolution imaging of interfacial interactions. We report the application of the WSPR imaging system in the study of the interaction between keratinocytes and liquid crystals (LC). Imaging of fixed keratinocytes cultured on gold coated surface plasmon substrates functionalized with a thin film of liquid crystals was performed in air using a 1.

Influence of post-annealing temperature on the material properties of zinc oxide nanorods.

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an emerging optoelectronic material in large area electronic applications due to its various functional behaviors. We present the fabrication and the characterization of ZnO nanorods. The ZnO nanorods were synthesized using sol-gel hydrothermal technique on oxidized silicon substrates.

ZnO microstructures and nanostructures prepared by sol-gel hydrothermal technique.

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an emerging material in large area electronic applications such as thin-film solar cells and transistors. We report on the fabrication and characterization of ZnO microstructures and nanostructures. The ZnO microstructures and nanostructures have been synthesized using sol-gel immerse technique on oxidized silicon substrates.