Biologically Inspired Synthesis Route to Three-Dimensionally Structured Inorganic Thin Films

<table>(a) High-resolution SEM image of
the nanostructures protruding from a ZnO thin film prepared by
low-concentration vapor-diffusion from a 0.05 M Zn(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> solution. Reprinted by permission
from <i>Journal of the American Chemical
Society</i>, vol. 128, no. 31, pp. 10276–10280, 2006<i>©</i>American Chemical
Society. (b) SEM image of the nanostructures protruding
from a Zn<sub>5</sub>(OH)<sub>8</sub>(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub><span class="inline" id="M10"></span>2H<sub>2</sub>O<i></i> thin film prepared by vapor-diffusion from a
0.1 M Zn(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> solution.</table>

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Figure 2: Biologically Inspired Synthesis Route to Three-Dimensionally Structured Inorganic Thin Films 