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AC-assisted deposition of aggregate free silica films with vertical pore structure

AC-assisted deposition of aggregate free silica films with vertical pore structure
AC-assisted deposition of aggregate free silica films with vertical pore structure
Silica thin films with vertical nanopores are useful to control access to electrode surfaces and may act as templates for growth of nanomaterials. The most effective method to produce these films, electrochemically assisted surfactant assembly, also produces aggregates of silica particles. This paper shows that growth with an AC signal superimposed onto the potential avoids the aggregates and only very small numbers of single particles are found. This finding is linked to better control of the diffusion field of hydroxide ions that are responsible for particle growth. The resultant films are smooth, with very well-ordered hexagonal pore structures.
2040-3364
5404-5411
Moehl, Gilles, Ernest Heinrich Karl
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Nasir, Tauqir
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Han, Yisong
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Noori, Yasir
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Huang, Ruomeng
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Beanland, Richard
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Bartlett, Philip N.
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Moehl, Gilles, Ernest Heinrich Karl
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Nasir, Tauqir
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Noori, Yasir
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Huang, Ruomeng
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Beanland, Richard
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Bartlett, Philip N.
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Hector, Andrew L.
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Moehl, Gilles, Ernest Heinrich Karl, Nasir, Tauqir, Han, Yisong, Noori, Yasir, Huang, Ruomeng, Beanland, Richard, Bartlett, Philip N. and Hector, Andrew L. (2022) AC-assisted deposition of aggregate free silica films with vertical pore structure. Nanoscale, 14 (14), 5404-5411. (doi:10.1039/D1NR08253A).

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Abstract

Silica thin films with vertical nanopores are useful to control access to electrode surfaces and may act as templates for growth of nanomaterials. The most effective method to produce these films, electrochemically assisted surfactant assembly, also produces aggregates of silica particles. This paper shows that growth with an AC signal superimposed onto the potential avoids the aggregates and only very small numbers of single particles are found. This finding is linked to better control of the diffusion field of hydroxide ions that are responsible for particle growth. The resultant films are smooth, with very well-ordered hexagonal pore structures.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 March 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 March 2022
Published date: 14 April 2022
Additional Information: Funding Information: This work has been supported by EPSRC through the Advanced Devices by Electroplating program grant (ADEPT; EP/N035437/1) and through equipment funding (EP/K00509X/1 and EP/K009877/1). All data supporting this study are openly available from the University of Southampton repository at https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2119. Funding Information: This work has been supported by EPSRC through the Advanced Devices by Electroplating program grant (ADEPT; EP/N035437/1) and through equipment funding (EP/K00509X/1 and EP/K009877/1). All data supporting this study are openly available from the University of Southampton repository at https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2119 . Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Royal Society of Chemistry
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Local EPrints ID: 456155
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/456155
DOI: doi:10.1039/D1NR08253A
ISSN: 2040-3364
PURE UUID: 330a4007-9edd-4338-8c13-e69ce7c793e4
ORCID for Gilles, Ernest Heinrich Karl Moehl: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-3601
ORCID for Tauqir Nasir: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0457-766X
ORCID for Yasir Noori: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5285-8779
ORCID for Ruomeng Huang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-635X
ORCID for Philip N. Bartlett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-6900
ORCID for Andrew L. Hector: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-2163

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Date deposited: 26 Apr 2022 15:07
Last modified: 30 Aug 2024 01:59

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Author: Gilles, Ernest Heinrich Karl Moehl ORCID iD
Author: Tauqir Nasir ORCID iD
Author: Yisong Han
Author: Yasir Noori ORCID iD
Author: Ruomeng Huang ORCID iD
Author: Richard Beanland
Author: Philip N. Bartlett ORCID iD
Author: Andrew L. Hector ORCID iD

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