Drasovean, R. a, R. b Monteiro, and M. c Cherif. "
Structure and morphology study of cobalt oxide doped silica nanocomposite films."
AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1203. 2010. 483-488.
AbstractCobalt oxide doped silica films were synthesized by a dip-coating technique. Initial compounds were cobalt acetate Co(CH3COO)2-4H 2O and tetraethoxysilane Si(OC2H5)4. The chemical composition was studied by X-ray diffraction and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The morphology analyses were carried out by means of atomic force microscopy. The average diameter of cobalt oxide dispersed particles increases with the molar ratio Co:Si and with the aging time of the initial colloidal solution. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.