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TY - JOUR
T1 - The nanoporous metallisation of insulating substrates through Photocatalytically Initiated Electroless Deposition (PIED)
AU - Bromley, Michael
AU - Boxall, Colin
PY - 2012/3/22
Y1 - 2012/3/22
N2 - We report the novel use of semiconductor photocatalysis for the deposition of metal onto insulating surfaces and the in-process formation of nano-structured porosity within this metal. In the process of Photocatalytically Initiated Electroless Deposition (PIED) we have developed a controllable, spatially selective and versatile metallisation technique with several advantages over traditional, non-photocatalytic techniques such as enhanced controllability and purity of the deposit as well as reduced operational costs and environmental impact. With the addition of a self-assembled, hexagonally close-packed microparticle template to the substrate prior to metal deposition, PIED can be used to fabricate thin metal films with highly ordered porosity on the nano-scale. Nanoporous metallisation in this way is able to produce substrates with potentially wide applications such as membrane and separation technology, energy storage and sensors – especially surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS).
AB - We report the novel use of semiconductor photocatalysis for the deposition of metal onto insulating surfaces and the in-process formation of nano-structured porosity within this metal. In the process of Photocatalytically Initiated Electroless Deposition (PIED) we have developed a controllable, spatially selective and versatile metallisation technique with several advantages over traditional, non-photocatalytic techniques such as enhanced controllability and purity of the deposit as well as reduced operational costs and environmental impact. With the addition of a self-assembled, hexagonally close-packed microparticle template to the substrate prior to metal deposition, PIED can be used to fabricate thin metal films with highly ordered porosity on the nano-scale. Nanoporous metallisation in this way is able to produce substrates with potentially wide applications such as membrane and separation technology, energy storage and sensors – especially surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS).
KW - Photocatalytically initiated electroless deposition
KW - Photocatalysis
KW - nanoporosity
KW - nanostructure
U2 - 10.1557/opl.2012.392
DO - 10.1557/opl.2012.392
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1409
JO - MRS Online Proceedings Library
JF - MRS Online Proceedings Library
SN - 0272-9172
M1 - mrsf11-1409-cc05-20
T2 - 2011 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 28 November 2011 through 2 December 2011
ER -