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A General Route to Macroscopic Hierarchical 3D Nanowire Networks
Author(s) -
Wang Donghai,
Luo Hongmei,
Kou Rong,
Gil Maria P.,
Xiao Shuaigang,
Golub Vladimir O.,
Yang Zhenzhong,
Brinker C. Jeffrey,
Lu Yunfeng
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460535
Subject(s) - nanowire , mesoporous silica , nanotechnology , semiconductor , deposition (geology) , mesoporous material , electrode , materials science , scheme (mathematics) , process (computing) , yield (engineering) , metal , computer science , chemistry , optoelectronics , composite material , geology , mathematics , catalysis , metallurgy , paleontology , sediment , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , operating system
Pulling the rug out! A templated electrodeposition technique has been applied to prepare stable 3D, organized networks of metal or semiconductor nanowires (see scheme). The process involves a) the deposition of mesoporous silica onto an electrode, b) the introduction of metals or semiconductors into the pore channels, and c) removal of the silica template to yield the nanowire network.