[en] Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of VCl₄, WCl₆ and water at 550 ^oC lead to the production of high quality tungsten doped vanadium dioxide thin films. Careful control of the gas phase precursors allowed for tungsten doping up to 8 at.%. The transition temperature of the thermochromic switch was tunable in the range 55 ^oC to - 23 ^oC. The films were analysed using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Their optical properties were examined using variable-temperature transmission and reflectance spectroscopy. It was found that incorporation of tungsten into the films led to an improvement in the colour from yellow/brown to green/blue depending on the level of tungsten incorporation. The films were optimized for optical transmission, thermochromic switching temperature, magnitude of the switching behaviour and colour to produce films that are suitable for use as an energy saving environmental glass product.

[en] Titanium dioxide thin films were deposited from the aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition reaction of titanium tetrachloride in toluene (1 M) at 600 °C and 5 L min"−"1. Direct current electric fields were applied and increased in a range of 0 to 30 V during the reaction. Changes in particle size, agglomeration and particle shape were observed. Raman spectroscopy analysis revealed different composition of anatase and rutile and crystal phase depending on the field strength applied. The photocatalytic activity was calculated from the half-life or time needed by the films to degrade 50% Resazurin dye-ink initial concentration. High photocatalytic performance with high anatase content (98.3%) was observed with half-life values of 3.9 min. Deposited films with pure content in rutile showed better photocatalytic performance than films with mix of crystal phases with anatase content below 40%. - Highlights: • Electric field assisted chemical vapour deposition used to synthesis titania thin films. • Significant alterations to crystallographic orientation and microstructure observed • Order of magnitude reduction in half life of dye degradation obtainable