Issue 3, 2009

Controlling the electrodeposition of mesoporous metals for nanoplasmonics

Abstract

We have investigated the mechanism for formation of large-scale ordered structures of copper and silver by direct electrodeposition through colloidal crystal templates. It is demonstrated that the morphology is controlled by the diffusion of reactant species (metal cations and oxygen molecules) from the bulk solution to the electrode surface. The Cu system can be tuned to fill or not to fill the original drying cracks in the template in order to produce isolated or interconnected domains. This has great potential for the formation of individual or interconnected antennae in nanoplasmonic structures.

Graphical abstract: Controlling the electrodeposition of mesoporous metals for nanoplasmonics

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Aug 2009
Accepted
24 Oct 2009
First published
13 Nov 2009

Nanoscale, 2009,1, 355-359

Controlling the electrodeposition of mesoporous metals for nanoplasmonics

R. Zhu, M. McLachlan, S. Reyntjens, F. Tariq, M. P. Ryan and D. W. McComb, Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 355 DOI: 10.1039/B9NR00213H

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