TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrathin conformal coating for complex magneto-photonic structures
AU - Pascu, Oana
AU - Caicedo, José Manuel
AU - López-García, Martín
AU - Canalejas, Víctor
AU - Blanco, Álvaro
AU - López, Cefe
AU - Arbiol, Jordi
AU - Fontcuberta, Josep
AU - Roig, Anna
AU - Herranz, Gervasi
PY - 2011/11/1
Y1 - 2011/11/1
N2 - We report on an extremely fast and versatile synthetic approach, based on microwave assisted sol-gel chemistry, that allows a conformal nanometric coating of intricate three-dimensional structures. Using this methodology, we have achieved a conformal coverage of large areas of three-dimensional opals with a superparamagnetic manganese ferrite layer, yielding magneto-photonic crystals with excellent quality. The use of a ternary oxide for the ultrathin coating demonstrates the potential of this methodology to realize three-dimensional structures with complex materials that may find applications beyond photonics, such as energy, sensing or catalysis. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
AB - We report on an extremely fast and versatile synthetic approach, based on microwave assisted sol-gel chemistry, that allows a conformal nanometric coating of intricate three-dimensional structures. Using this methodology, we have achieved a conformal coverage of large areas of three-dimensional opals with a superparamagnetic manganese ferrite layer, yielding magneto-photonic crystals with excellent quality. The use of a ternary oxide for the ultrathin coating demonstrates the potential of this methodology to realize three-dimensional structures with complex materials that may find applications beyond photonics, such as energy, sensing or catalysis. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
U2 - 10.1039/c1nr10959f
DO - 10.1039/c1nr10959f
M3 - Article
SN - 2040-3364
VL - 3
SP - 4811
EP - 4816
JO - Nanoscale
JF - Nanoscale
IS - 11
ER -