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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 503-508Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm0621951
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/C544811/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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High surface area ceramic films and biopolymer films were fabricated by precipitation at room temperature of a reagent aerosol composed of approximately 1 mu m diameter microdroplets laid onto a reactive receiver solution using a completely enclosed system. Calcium phosphate films of up to 340 mu m in thickness composed of hollow microspheres were generated by gradual settling and precipitation of the reagent microdroplets on the receiver solution surface. Suitability of the ceramic film as a drug support using alendronate as an example was investigated. Chitosan/alginate biopolymer films were similarly prepared and precipitation with limitation to the air/water interface promoted a wire form copper oxide precursor. Zirconia microspheres were prepared without use of surfactant or template via precursor precipitation in a stirred receiver solution. Additional components could be readily incorporated and the flexibility of the novel approach is consistent with a new general strategy for the preparation of thin films and hollow microspheres of nanostructured materials.
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