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SUBMITTER: Blumenstein NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4734420 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 20160125
In this study we investigated the influence of an organic polystyrene brush on the deposition of ZnO thin films under moderate conditions. On a non-modified SiO x surface, island growth is observed, whereas the polymer brush induces homogeneous film growth. A chemical modification of the polystyrene brushes during the mineralization process occurs, which enables stronger interaction between the then polar template and polar ZnO crystallites in solution. This may lead to oriented attachment of th ...[more]