Glycolates and cellosolvates of metals as prospective materials for production of oxide powders and thin-film coatings

Resumo

A method for producing a series of metal glycolates and cellosolvates, which are promising materials for the sol-gel and pyrolytic technologies for fabrication of powders and thin-layer oxide coatings by dissolution of metals in glycols and cellosolves in the presence of gallium trihalide as catalysts, is discussed. The dependence between catalytic activity of halides and the anion used is revealed.