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Atomically Defined Templates for Epitaxial Growth of Complex Oxide Thin Films
Published on: December 4, 2014
Mechanical stability enhancement by pore size and connectivity control in colloidal crystals by layer-by-layer growth
Hernán Míguez1, Nicolas Tétreault, Benjamin Hatton
1Materials Chemistry Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada, ON M5S 3H6.
Abstract:
Control of the pore size and connectivity of micro-sphere colloidal crystal lattices has been achieved by a layer-by-layer growth of silica using atmospheric pressure room temperature chemical vapour deposition of silica, a method which largely increases the mechanical stability of the lattice without disrupting its long range order.

