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Abstrak :
Sebuah penelitian sistematis telah dilakukan untuk mengetahui penyebab utama rendahnya tingkat kristalinitas nanopartikel titania (TiO2) di dalam nanokomposit TiO2−PMMA hasil proses sol−gel. Dari hasil investigasi diketahui bahwa fasa TiO2 amorfus di dalam nanokomposit disebabkan oleh pembentukan cepat dari jaringan kaku Ti-OH selama tahapan hidrólisis dan kondensasi, yang diperburuk dengan efek perangkap dari matrik PMMA. Sebuah metode kombinasi pra-anil dan pasca-hidrotermal berhasil meningkatkan tingkat kristalinitas fasa TiO2 secara signifikan , dengan tetap mempertahankan integritas matrik polimer di dalam nanokomposit. Analisis evolusi nano struktural TiO2 dalam nanokomposit dilakukan dengan pengujian XRD, spektroskopi FTIR dan TEM. Peningkatan kristalinitas nanopartikel TiO2 meningkatkan sifat-sifat optis linier dan nonlinier lapisan tipis transparan nanokomposit TiO2−PMMA

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A systematic investigation has been conducted to understand the mechanisms responsible for the low nanocrystallinity of TiO2 nanoparticles in sol−gel derived TiO2 −PMMA nanocomposites. On the basis of investigation, it is found that the largely amorphous TiO2 state is caused by the fast development of stiff Ti−OH networks during hydrolysis and condensation, worsened by the PMMA entrapment effect. A combined method involving a pre-annealing and a post -hydrothermal treatment has been successfully devised to enhance TiO2 nanocrystallinity, while maintaining the integrity of polymer matrix. The nanostructural evolution of TiO2 in nanocomposites were carried out with x-ray diffraction, Fourier Transfor Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy and High -Resolution Transmission Microscope (HRTEM). The functional properties of the TiO2−PMMA nanohybrids have been correlated to their nanostructures, where both linear and nonlinear optical responses are shown to increase with the enhancement of TiO2 nanocrystallinity.

Abstrak :
Nanocomposite thin films consisting of titanium oxide, or TiO2, nanoparticles embedded in apolymer matrix represent a new class of potential materials for optoelectronic applications such as optical switches, waveguides, high refractive indices and non-linear optical devices. Among the various processing techniques under development for these nanocomposites, the in situ sol−gel process is known to be versatile as it enables control of the inorganic-organic interaction at various molecular, nanometer, and micrometer scales. However, the sol−gel process has a major limitation, which is the low crystallinity in the resulting TiO2 phase due to relatively low processing temperatures. Therefore, the current research is aimed at investigating the nanostructural evolution of theTiO2 crystallite during the in situ sol−gel process to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the largely amorphous nature of TiO2 nanoparticles. For this purpose, two sol−gel parameters, i.e., the hydrolysis ratio (Rw) and pH value of the TiO2 precursor solution were varied. On the basis of XRD and FTIR analyses, it was found that the largely amorphous TiO2 state is related to the fast development of stiff Ti−OH networks during the hydrolysis and condensation stag es of the sol−gel process, and concurrently worsened by the formation of the rigid PMMA matrix upon thermal annealing.