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Electrochemical Self-Assembled of Copper/Copper Oxide Nanowires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

S. Kenane  and
L. Piraux
S. Kenane
Affiliation:
Unité de Physico-Chimie et de Physique des Matériaux, Place Croix du Sud 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
L. Piraux
Affiliation:
Unité de Physico-Chimie et de Physique des Matériaux, Place Croix du Sud 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Abstract

Arrays of Cu/Cu 2 O nanowires are electrodeposited at room temperature from alkaline solutions of copper lactate in the nanopores of track-etched polymer membranes. Using the appropriate solution, the electrode potential spontaneously oscillates during the application of a constant cathodic current. Both the period of the oscillations and the composition of the nanowires can be controlled by varying the applied current density. A nanocomposite of copper and cuprous oxide is deposited at an applied current over which oscillations occur. In contrast, pure Cu or Cu 2O nanowires are obtained at deposition current out of the range of oscillation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 707: Symposium AA – Self-Assemble Processes in Materials , 2001 , AA6.2.1/M5.2.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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