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Aligned platinum nanowire networks from surface-oriented lipid cubic phase templates

Aligned platinum nanowire networks from surface-oriented lipid cubic phase templates
Aligned platinum nanowire networks from surface-oriented lipid cubic phase templates
Mesoporous metal structures featuring a bicontinuous cubic morphology have a wide range of potential applications and novel opto-electronic properties, often orientation-dependent. We describe the production of nanostructured metal films 1–2 microns thick featuring 3D-periodic ‘single diamond’ morphology that show high out-of-plane alignment, with the (111) plane oriented parallel to the substrate. These are produced by electrodeposition of platinum through a lipid cubic phase (QII) template. Further investigation into the mechanism for the orientation revealed the surprising result that the QII template, which is tens of microns thick, is polydomain with no overall orientation. When thicker platinum films are grown, they also show increased orientational disorder. These results suggest that polydomain QII samples display a region of uniaxial orientation at the lipid/substrate interface up to approximately 2.8 ± 0.3 ?m away from the solid surface. Our approach gives previously unavailable information on the arrangement of cubic phases at solid interfaces, which is important for many applications of QII phases. Most significantly, we have produced a previously unreported class of oriented nanomaterial, with potential applications including metamaterials and lithographic masks.
2040-3364
2850-2856
Richardson, S.J.
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Burton, M.R.
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Staniec, P.A.
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Nandhakumar, I.S.
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Richardson, S.J., Burton, M.R., Staniec, P.A., Nandhakumar, I.S., Terrill, N.J., Elliott, J.M. and Squires, A.M. (2016) Aligned platinum nanowire networks from surface-oriented lipid cubic phase templates. Nanoscale, 8 (5), 2850-2856. (doi:10.1039/C5NR06691C).

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Abstract

Mesoporous metal structures featuring a bicontinuous cubic morphology have a wide range of potential applications and novel opto-electronic properties, often orientation-dependent. We describe the production of nanostructured metal films 1–2 microns thick featuring 3D-periodic ‘single diamond’ morphology that show high out-of-plane alignment, with the (111) plane oriented parallel to the substrate. These are produced by electrodeposition of platinum through a lipid cubic phase (QII) template. Further investigation into the mechanism for the orientation revealed the surprising result that the QII template, which is tens of microns thick, is polydomain with no overall orientation. When thicker platinum films are grown, they also show increased orientational disorder. These results suggest that polydomain QII samples display a region of uniaxial orientation at the lipid/substrate interface up to approximately 2.8 ± 0.3 ?m away from the solid surface. Our approach gives previously unavailable information on the arrangement of cubic phases at solid interfaces, which is important for many applications of QII phases. Most significantly, we have produced a previously unreported class of oriented nanomaterial, with potential applications including metamaterials and lithographic masks.

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Accepted/In Press date: 6 January 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 January 2016
Published date: 7 February 2016

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Local EPrints ID: 394491
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/394491
ISSN: 2040-3364
PURE UUID: fc4ade39-0e31-4284-9c22-a0f52a6e409a
ORCID for I.S. Nandhakumar: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-9126

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Date deposited: 19 May 2016 09:25
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:57

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Author: S.J. Richardson
Author: M.R. Burton
Author: P.A. Staniec
Author: N.J. Terrill
Author: J.M. Elliott
Author: A.M. Squires

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