Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Studies of TiO2 Nanocoated Glass Surface via Sol-Gel Coating

Abstract

Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has been used to study the surface properties of TiO2 nanocoated glass surface at atomic level. TiO2 nanocoated glass surface was prepared by synthesis of titanium butoxide (TTiB) as precursor and was then deposited on glass surface via spin-coating technique. The AFM details studied of TiO2 nanocoated glass surface revealed that the nanoparticle was uniformly distributed throughout glass surface with growth of TiO2 nanostructures below 12 nm via AFM surface morphology and topography characterization, respectively. It was also showed that the cross-sectional view analysis is 5.22 nm and surface roughness, Ra, of coating is 0.858 nm, respectively. The TiO2 nanostructures were successfully seen grew at 0.2 M of sol-gel solution. It confirmed that for the coating application at nanometer scale level on the glass-based material equipment.