Rapid fabrication of a smooth hollow-spheres array

Sachiko Matsushita, Shigenori Fujikawa, Shinya Onoue, Toyoki Kunitake, Masatsugu Shimomura

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Abstract

A smooth TiO2 hollow-spheres array, a kind of inverse opals, was prepared in a wide area (>1 × 5 cm) in a short time (less than 1 min excluding sintering) using a spin-coating technique. A two-dimensional colloidal crystal was used as a template. The TiO2 sintering process, especially the rate of the temperature increase, was important to copy the periodicity of the colloidal crystal structure. The electron diffraction image taken by the transmission electron microscopy observation showed that the hollow-spheres arrays have anatase-type crystal structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1226-1228
Number of pages3
JournalBulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Volume80
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)

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