New Method for the Preparation of Ceramic Thin Films Using Surfactant Templates

Abstract

Biomimetic processing of ceramic materials was carried out in the present study using 2-dimensional assembles of organic surfactants. Induced crystallization of nano-particles and epitaxial growth of a thin film under Langmuir monolayers are discussed. The authors established a novel method of micro-patterning of ceramic thin films using patterned templates.