Antoine Dalod

Dr. Antoine Dalod


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 December 2017 in Nanomaterials
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ADAntoine Dalod
Antoine Dalod
OGOla G. Grendal
Ola G. Grendal
ABAnders Blichfeld
Anders Blichfeld
VFVedran Furtula
Vedran Furtula
JPJavier Pérez
Javier Pérez
MEMari-Ann Einarsrud
Mari-Ann Einarsrud
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials are attractive due to the combination of properties from the two distinct types of materials. In this work, transparent titania-polydimethylsiloxane hybrid materials with up to 15.5 vol. % TiO2 content were prepared by an in situ non-aqueous method using titanium (IV) isopropoxide and hydroxy-terminated polydimethylsiloxane as precursors. Spectroscopy (Fourier transform infrared, Raman, Ultraviolet-visible, ellipsometry) and small-angle X-ray scattering analysis allowed to describe in detail the structure and the optical properties of the nanocomposites. Titanium alkoxide was successfully used as a cross-linker and titania-like nanodomains with an average size of approximately 4 nm were shown to form during the process. The resulting hybrid nanocomposites exhibit high transparency and tunable refractive index from 1.42 up to 1.56, depending on the titania content.