Properties of TiO2 films with gold nanoparticles

The physicochemical and optical properties of titanium dioxide films, made by gel technology and doped with gold nanoparticles, were investigated. The structures of the titanium dioxide films synthesized by different techniques have been compared. Using methods of high-resolution microscopy and the results of X-ray diffraction analysis it was shown, that the developed gel technology allows getting almost 100% nanostructured anatase phase. Titanium dioxide was modified by nanoparticles of gold with different concentration and transmittance spectra of the samples were studied. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.