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Research article2014Peer reviewed

Study of the curing mechanism of metal alkoxide liquid threads for the synthesis of metal oxide fibers or microtubes

Part, Marko; Hanschmidt, Kelli; Jõgi, Jakob; Rauwel, Erwan; Seisenbaeva, Gulaim; Kessler, Vadim; Tätte, Tanel

Abstract

Curing processes enabling transformation of liquid threads into solid material have gained technological importance. Our study is focusing on the comparison of curing mechanisms for metal alkoxide-derived liquid threads. We studied the mechanisms of the formation of fine metal oxide fibers or hollow microtubes by comparing the solidification of propoxide and butoxide precursors.

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RSC Advances
2014, Volume: 4, number: 24, pages: 12545-12554