Photonic Response and Temperature Evolution of SiO2/TiO2 Multilayers
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Abstract The microstructural and optical reflectivity response of photonic SiO2/TiO2 nanomultilayers have been investigated as a function of temperature and up to the material system’s melting point. The nanomultilayers exhibit high, broadband reflectivities up to 1350 °C with values that exceed 75% for a 1 μm broad wavelength range (600–1600 nm). The optimized nanometer sized, dielectric multilayers undergo phase transformations from anatase TiO2 and amorphous SiO2 to the thermodynamically stable phases, rutile and cristobalite, respectively, that alter their structural morphology from the initial multilayers to that of a scatterer. Nonetheless, they retain their photonic characteristics, when characterized on top of selected substrate foils. The thermal behavior of the nanometer sized multilayers has been investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and compared to that of commercially available, mm-sized, annealed powders. The same melting reactions were observed, but the temperatures were lower for the nm-sized samples. The samples were characterized using X-ray powder diffraction before DTA and after annealing at temperatures of 1350 and 1700 °C. The microstructural evolution and phase compositions were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy measurements. The limited mutual solubility of one material to another, in combination with the preservation of their optical reflectivity response even after annealing, makes them an interesting material system for high-temperature, photonic coatings, such as photovoltaics, aerospace re-entry and gas turbines, where ultra-high temperatures and intense thermal radiation are present.
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Christidis et al. prepared SiO2/TiO2 nanomultilayers to photonically enhance a thermal protection system against thermal radiation encountered by a spacecraft during space missions; films were prepared through e-beam evaporation on 4'' silicon substrates; the photonic structure consists of 18 thin films of TiO2/SiO2 designed to provide high reflectivity spanning 700-1600 nm.
“However, Christidis and his colleagues [245] prepared SiO2/TiO2 nanomultilayers to photonically enhance a thermal protection system (TPS) against the thermal radiation encountered by a spacecraft during space missions. The oxide thin films were prepared through e-beam evaporation on 4 ′′ silicon substrates. The photonic structure consists of 18 thin films of TiO2/SiO2 and was designed to provide a”
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- Authors
- Christidis, G., Fabrichnaya, O. B., Koepfli, S. M., Poloni, E., Winiger, J., Fedoryshyn, Y. M., Gusarov, A. V., Ilatovskaia, M., Saenko, I., Savinykh, G., Shklover, V., & Leuthold, J.
- Affiliations
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Christidis, George
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Materials Science
- Published
- 2021-10-07
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 33
- Pages
- 18440-18452
- ISSN
- 0022-2461 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-4803
- PMC
- PMC8550000
- OpenAlex
- W3202585398
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 0.36
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- Journal of Materials Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- ETH Zürich Research Collection (cc-by)
- Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (200021_160184)
- ETH Zurich
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Surfaces, Coatings and Films › Optical Coatings and Gratings
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
- Keywords
- TiO2/SiO2 multilayers, optical reflectivity, phase transformation, anatase-rutile phase transformation, cristobalite, annealing, microstructure evolution, photovoltaics, gas turbines
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