The Low-Temperature Sol-Gel Synthesis of Metal-Oxide Films on Polymer Substrates and the Determination of Their Optical and Dielectric Properties

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022 Dec 6;12(23):4333. doi: 10.3390/nano12234333.

Abstract

Photoactive, optically transparent heterostructures from silver nanowires and titanium dioxide were obtained by the sol-gel method on the surface of a polyethylene terephthalate film. The characteristics of optical transmission on the wavelength and those of dielectric permittivity, conductivity and dissipation on frequency in the range of 25-1,000,000 Hz were investigated.

Keywords: heterostructures; silver nanowires; thin metal-oxide films; titanium dioxide; transparent electroconductive coatings.