Coating of Glass Surfaces with Nanoparticles of different Materials Synthesized in Microemulsions

In this paper, a new method is presented to coat glass substrates with nanoparticles of different materials such as manganese perovskite (Sr0.5Ca0.5MnO3), zirconium oxide (ZrO2), yttrium iron garnet (Y3 Fe 5O12) and palladium ( Pd ). The particles were synthesized using w/o-microemulsions, which were also employed to coat the surfaces. The laboratory-scale method involved five basic steps (surface cleaning, synthesis of the nanoparticles, coating, drying and calcination). Finally, the coated substrates were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).