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Preparation and Use of Photocatalytically Active Segmented Ag|ZnO and Coaxial TiO<sub>2</sub>-Ag Nanowires Made by Templated Electrodeposition

Photocatalytically active nanostructures require a large specific surface area with the presence of many catalytically active sites for the oxidation and ...

University of Twente

A cost-effective and versatile methodology for bottom-up patterned growth of inorganic and metallic materials on the micro- and nanoscale is presented. Pulsed electrodeposition was employed to deposit arbitrary patterns of Ni, ZnO, and FeO(OH) of high quality, with lateral feature sizes down to 200-290 nm. The pattern was defined by an oxygen plasma-treated patterned PDMS mold in conformal contact with a conducting substrate and immersed in an electrolyte solution, so that the solid phases were deposited from the solution in the channels of the patterned mold. It is important that the distance between the entrance of the channels, and the location where deposition is needed, is kept limited. The as-formed patterns were characterized by high resolution scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, atomic force microscopy, and X-ray diffraction.

Electrodeposition in capillaries: bottom-up micro- and nanopatterning of functional materials on conductive substrates.

Hydrogen generation from photocatalytic silver|zinc oxide nanowires: towards multifunctional multisegmented nanowire devices.

A simple and cost-effective methodology for large-area micrometer-scale patterning of a wide range of metallic and oxidic functional materials is presented. Self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of alkyl thiols on Au were micropatterned by channel-diffused oxygen plasma etching, a method in which selected areas of SAM were protected from plasma oxidation via a soft lithographic stamp. The patterned SAMs were used as templates for site-selective electrodeposition, electroless deposition and solution-phase deposition of functional materials such as ZnO, Ni, Ag thin films, and ZnO nanowires. The patterned SAMs and functional materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and tunneling AFM (TUNA).

Patterning functional materials using channel diffused plasma-etched self-assembled monolayer templates.

We present a general methodology to pattern functional materials on the nanometer scale using self-assembled molecular templates on conducting substrates. A soft lithographic gas phase edge patterning process using poly(dimethylsiloxane) molds was employed to form electrically isolating organosilane patterns of a few nanometer thickness and a line width that could be tuned by varying the time of deposition. Electrodeposition was employed to deposit patterns of Ni and ZnO on these prepatterned substrates. Deposition occurred only on patches of the substrate where no organosilane monolayer was present. The process is simple, inexpensive, and scalable to large areas. We achieved formation of metallic and oxide material patterns with a lateral resolution of 80 nm.

Article	Year
Electrodeposition in capillaries: bottom-up micro- and nanopatterning of functional materials on conductive substrates. ACS applied materials & interfaces\| PubMed ID: 21838239	2011
Hydrogen generation from photocatalytic silver\|zinc oxide nanowires: towards multifunctional multisegmented nanowire devices. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)\| PubMed ID: 21842477	2011
Patterning functional materials using channel diffused plasma-etched self-assembled monolayer templates. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids\| PubMed ID: 21859121	2011
Nanopatterning of functional materials by gas phase pattern deposition of self-assembled molecular thin films in combination with electrodeposition. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids\| PubMed ID: 21875090	2011

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