Abstract
The loss of glass transparency on surface pollutants contamination unless inhibited not only causes vision obscurity but also responsible for major aesthetic damages of cultural heritage. It is due to the sticking of fine dirt particles on wetting layers, a complex process with several possible ramifications still to be clarified. We report the influence of titanium dioxide or titania (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) on the structural and self-cleaning properties of zinc–magnesium–phosphate glasses. Following melt-quenching method glass samples of optimized composition (42−x)P2O5–8MgO–50ZnO–xTiO2 with x=0, 1, 2, 3 and 4mol% are prepared. XRD patterns verified their amorphous nature and TEM images revealed the nucleation of TiO2 NPs of average diameter ≈4.05±0.01nm. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra displayed four absorption band centred at 1618–3438cm−1, 902– 931cm−1, 757–762cm−1 and 531–560cm−1. Raman spectra exhibited four peaks each accompanied by a blue-shift. Water contact angle is found to increase with the increase of titanium NPs concentration into the amorphous matrix. This knowledge can be used to set up strategies and selective treatments to preventing glass transparency loss via the modification of self-cleaning attributes.
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