Materials Science. Non-Equilibrium Phase Transformations.
Vol. 6 (2020), Issue 3, pg(s) 71-72

Atomic force microscopy /AFM/ study of the surface morphology of TiO2 featuring with Sm2O3 films obtained by the sol-gel method

  • 1 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Department Physical Chemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2 Institute of Metal Science, Equipment and Technologies with Hydro- and Aerodynamics Centre “Acad. A. Balevski”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 3 Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization of the surface morphology of the nanostructured titanium oxide films featuring with Sm2O3 by the sol-gel method in order to increase the corrosion resistance of stainless steel. Two types of titanium precursors were applied – titanium (IV) isopropoxide Ti[OCH(CH3)2]4 and titanium(IV) butoxide Ti(OCH2CH2CH2CH3)4.

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