Coating of Glass Surfaces with Nanoparticles of different Materials Synthesized in Microemulsions

摘要

In this paper, a new method is presented to coat glass substrates with nanoparticles of different materials such as manganese perovskite (Sr_(0.5)Ca_(0.5)MnO_3), zirconium oxide (ZrO_2), yttrium iron garnet (Y_3Fe_5O_(12)) and palladium (Pd). The particles were synthesized using w/o-microemul-sions, which were also employed to coat the surfaces. The laboratory-scale method involved five basic steps (surface cleaning, synthesis of the nanoparticles, coating, drying and calcination). Finally, the coated substrates were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).