Biologically Inspired Synthesis Route to Three-Dimensionally Structured Inorganic Thin Films
Figure 3
SEM images of thin films grown on
different substrates from an aqueous 0.1 M Zn(NO3)2 solution by vapor-diffusion catalysis over the course of 6 hours: (a) Zn5(OH)8(NO3)2·2H2O
on amorphous glass; (b) ZnO on the (0001) face of epitaxially grown ZnO.