U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armaments Center 1 article published in JoVE Chemistry A Salt-Templated Synthesis Method for Porous Platinum-based Macrobeams and Macrotubes F. John Burpo1,2, Anchor R. Losch1, Enoch A. Nagelli1,2, Stephen J. Winter1, Stephen F. Bartolucci3, Joshua P. McClure4, David R. Baker4, Jack K. Bui1, Alvin R. Burns1, Sean F. O’Brien1, Greg T. Forcherio4, Brittany R. Aikin1, Kelsey M. Healy1, Mason H. Remondelli1, Alexander N. Mitropoulos1,5, Lance Richardson1,2, J. Kenneth Wickiser1, Deryn D. Chu4 1Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, 2Photonics Research Center, United States Military Academy, 3U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armaments Center, 4United States Army Research Laboratory-Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, 5Department of Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy A synthesis method to obtain porous platinum-based macrotubes and macrobeams with a square cross section through chemical reduction of insoluble salt-needle templates is presented.
