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LANGMUIR
卷 35, 期 12, 页码 4246-4253出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00030
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- Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts via LOEWE Response
- German Research Foundation [M03010/3-1, 342145578]
Nano-objects are favored structures for applications such as catalysis and sensing. Although they already provide a large surface-to-volume ratio, this ratio can be further increased by shape-selective plating of the nanostructure surfaces. This process combines the conformity of autocatalytic deposition with the defined nucleation and growth characteristics of colloidal nanoparticle syntheses. However, many aspects of such reactions are still not fully understood. In this study, we investigate in detail the growth of spiky nickel nanotubes in polycarbonate template membranes. One distinctive feature of our synthesis is the simultaneous growth of nanospikes on both the inside and outside of nanotubes while the tubes are still embedded in the polymer. This is achieved by combining the plating process with locally enhanced in situ etching of the poylmer template, for which we propose a theory. Electron microscopy investigations reveal twinning defects as the driving force for the growth of crystalline nanospikes. Deposit crystallinity is ensured by the reducing agent hydrazine. Iminodiacetic acid is not only used as a complexing agent during synthesis but apparently also acts as a capping agent and limits random nucleation on the spike facets. Finally, we apply our synthesis to templates with interconnected pores to obtain free-standing spiky nickel nanotube networks, demonstrating its ability to homogeneously coat substrates with extended inner surfaces and to operate in nanoscale confinement.
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