Photoinduced high-quality ultrathin SiO2 film from hybrid nanosheet at room temperature

Yeji Kim, Feng Zhao, Masaya Mitsuishi, Akira Watanabe, Tokuji Miyashita

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Abstract

The paper describes a flexible approach to building up high-quality ultrathin SiO2 films under deep UV light irradiation at room temperature. The ultrathin hybrid nanosheet possessing polyoctahedral silsesquioxane (POSS) has been designed to prepare densely packed ultrathin POSS films by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. The LB technique enables POSS to have a multilayered structure with nanoscale precision. The films- hardness and modulus changed considerably from 0.1 and 2.6 GPa to 1.7 and 32.2 GPa, respectively, after deep UV light irradiation. Subsequent FTIR measurements revealed that the organic components were removed completely and that the POSS cage structure turned to an Si-O-Si network structure. X-ray photon spectroscopy also confirmed high-quality SiO2 formation with no suboxides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11848-11849
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume130
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Sept 10

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