Deposition of buffer layers on textured metal surfaces

A method of making a multilayer article, comprising:

• depositing a first material on the surface of a metal substrate to form a biaxially textured seed layer of the first material, the first material being deposited under reducing conditions relative to the metal substrate;
• and
• epitaxially depositing a ceria layer having a termination plane over the seed layer, at least 25% of the termination plane of the ceria layer comprising the (001) plane,
• wherein the ceria layer is deposited from a solution-based precursor under second conditions that are more oxidizing than the reducing conditions used in the deposition of the first material, and
• wherein the atmosphere of the second conditions comprises a water partial pressure in the range of about 4 torr to about 40 torr.