In this study, we have successfully synthesized Fe3+ doped SiO2/TiO2 thin films on glass substrates using the sol-gel dip-coating method. After synthesizing, the samples were annealed at 5000C in the air for 1 hour. The characteristics and optical properties of Fe3+ doped SiO2/TiO2 films were then investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). An antifogging ability of the glass substrates coated with the fabricated film is investigated and explained by a water contact angle under visible-light. The analyzed results also show that the crystalline phase of TiO2 thin films comprised only the anatase TiO2, but the crystalline size decreased from 8.8 to 5.9 nm. We also observed that the absorption edge of Fe3+- doped SiO2/TiO2 thin films shifted towards longer wavelengths (i.e. red shifted) from 371.7nm to 409.2 nm when the Fe3+-doped concentration increased from 0 to 1 % mol.
A study has been conducted on the characterization of optical properties of thin films from lidah mertua (Sansevieria trifasciata) with dip coating method. The dip coating method was applied with different temperature and different time immersion treatments. The measuring variables in the manufacture of this thin film were tested based on the optical properties of their absorbance value of the extract and the thicknessof thin film. The absorbance spectral of extraction pigments were measured using UV-Vis in the wavelength range 350 nm to 700 nm. The results of the measurements showed that the extract of the S. trifasciata has high absorbance. Beside that, the minimum coating thickness is produced by a concentration of 12.5% with a 5 minute immersion time of 520 nm.
Retracted: Structural, electrical, and optical properties of ATO thin films fabricated by dip coating method