Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
Applied Centre for Structural and Synchrotron Studies
Applied Centre for Structural and Synchrotron Studies
Project duration: 2003-2006
Chief Investigators: Andrea Gerson, Mark Barnes, Bill Skinner *
Description:
Thin films of titanium
dioxide, both in the anatase and the rutile forms, are produced
using a physical vapour deposition DC magnetron sputtering chamber.
Doping of these thin films with varius elements is then undertaken,
to investigate the effect of doping on the optical properties of
titanium dioxide.
Ab initio quantum chemical calculations are performed to determine
the electronic structure of pure titanium dioxide, as well as the
effect of impurities and concentration of impurities on the
electronic properties.
* Ian Wark Research Institute
