Silicon Oxycarbide Coatings Consisting of Defined Bottom–Up‐Grown Nanostructures (Small 41/2023)

Silicon Oxycarbide Coatings In article number 2303079, Stefan Seeger and co-workers present a bottom-up synthesis of coatings consisting of silicon oxycarbide micro- and nanostructures following the polymer derived ceramics route. In this process, polysiloxane rods, filaments, stars, and other structures are first grown on a variety of substrates then pyrolyzed while retaining their shape. The obtained ceramic coatings show high surface area, well-defined surface topography, and high thermal stability.