May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
11h 42m
English
Wei Cui and Junbai Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Chemistry, CAS Key Lab of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, ZhongGuanCun North First Street 2, Beijing, 100190, China
Ultrathin film is defined as having a layer thickness of less than 10 nm, whereas the thick layer is deemed to range from several tens to 100 µm. Ultrathin films are of particular importance in nanotechnology, while the latter are known in the field of microtechnology. However, “nano” is not a direct extension of “micro.” Microscale constructions could be achieved by miniaturizing existing fabrication techniques; nevertheless, similar methods may ...