Dendritic nanostructures grown in hierarchical branched pores

Advances in Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-153

  De Sousa, Célia Tavares ^a   Apolinário, Arlete ^a   Proença, Mariana Paiva ^a   Leitão, Diana Cristina ^b   Azevedo, João ^a   Ventura, João ^a   Araújo, João Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INESC MN and IN Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; YARN;

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE TEMPLATE; BRANCHED STRUCTURES; CONTROLLABLE MORPHOLOGY; DENDRITIC NANOSTRUCTURES; FABRICATION PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; MULTIPLE BRANCHING; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

NANOPORES;

EID: 84925288613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (107)

1. Yao, J., et al., Optical negative refraction in bulk metamaterials of nanowires. Science, 2008. 321(5891): p. 930-930.
2. Kabashin, A.V., et al., Plasmonic nanorod metamaterials for biosensing. Nature Materials, 2009. 8(11): p. 867-871.
3. Oka, K., et al., Resistive-Switching Memory Effects of NiO Nanowire/Metal Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010. 132(19): p. 6634-+.
4. Ng, C.K.Y. and A.H.W. Ngan, Precise Control of Nanohoneycomb Ordering over Anodic Aluminum Oxide of Square Centimeter Areas. Chemistry of Materials, 2011.23(23): p. 5264-5268.
5. Meng, G., et al., Controlled fabrication of hierarchically branched nanopores, nanotubes, and nanowires. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2005. 102(20): p. 7074-7078.
6. Meng, G., et al., A general synthetic approach to interconnected nanowire/nanotube and nanotube/nanowire/nanotube heterojunctions with branched topology. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2009. 48(39): p. 7166-70.
7. Sousa, C.T., et al., Precise control of the filling stages in branched nanopores. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012. 22: p. 6.
8. Wang, Z.L., X.Y. Kong, and J.M. Zuo, Induced Growth of Asymmetric Nanocantilever Arrays on Polar Surfaces. Physical Review Letters, 2003. 91(18): p. 185502.
9. Yun, S.H., et al., Self-Assembled Boron Nanowire Y-Junctions. Nano Letters, 2006. 6(3): p. 385-389.
10. Jung, Y., D.-K. Ko, and R. Agarwal, Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Single-Crystalline Branched Nanowire Heterostructures. Nano Letters, 2006. 7(2): p.264-268.
11. Wan, Q., et al., Branched SnO[sub 2] nanowires on metallic nanowire backbones for ethanol sensors application. Applied Physics Letters, 2008. 92(10): p. 102101-3.
12. Kuno, M., et al., Solution-Based Straight and Branched CdTe Nanowires. Chemistry of Materials, 2006. 18(24): p. 5722-5732.
13. Dong, A., R. Tang, and W.E. Buhro, Solution-Based Growth and Structural Characterization of Homo-and Heterobranched Semiconductor Nanowires. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007. 129(40): p. 12254-12262.
14. Papadopoulos, C., et al., Electronic transport in Y-junction carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 2000. 85(16): p. 3476-3479.
15. Nielsch, K., et al., Uniform nickel deposition into ordered alumina pores by pulsed electrodeposition. Advanced Materials, 2000. 12(8): p. 582-586.
16. Sousa, C.T., et al., Tunning pore filling of anodic alumina templates by accurate control of the bottom barrier layer thickness. Nanotechnology, 2011. 22(31): p. 315602.
17. Xu, Q., et al., Controlled fabrication of gold and polypyrrole nanowires with straight and branched morphologies via porous alumina template-assisted approach. Materials Letters, 2009. 63(16): p. 1431-1434.
18. Diggle, J.W., T.C. Downie, and C.W. Goulding, Anodic oxide films on aluminum. Chemical Reviews, 1969. 69(3): p. 365-&.
19. Diggle, J.W., Dissolution of porous alumina films -possible explanation of an apparent discrepancy. Electrochimica Acta, 1973. 18(3): p. 283-284.
20. Keller, F., M.S. Hunter, and D.L. Robinson, Structural features of oxide coatings on aluminium. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1953. 100(9): p. 411-419.
21. Faust, C.L., et al., Structural features of oxide coatings on aluminum -discussion. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1954. 101(6): p. 335-336.
22. O'sullivan, J. and G. Wood, The morphology and mechanism of formation of porous anodic films on aluminium. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 1970: p. 511.
23. Masuda, H. and K. Fukuda, Ordered metal nanohole arrays made by a 2-step replication of honeycomb structures of anodic alumina. Science, 1995. 268(5216): p. 1466-1468.
24. Cheng, W.L., et al., Tree-like alumina nanopores generated in a non-steady-state anodization. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007. 17(33): p. 3493-3495.
25. Shuoshuo, C., et al., Controlled growth of branched channels by a factor of 1/√n anodizing voltage? J. Mater. Chem., 2009. 19: p. 5717-5719.
26. Su, Z.X., G. Hahner, and W.Z. Zhou, Investigation of the pore formation in anodic aluminium oxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008. 18(47): p. 5787-5795.
27. Su, Z.X. and W.Z. Zhou, Formation Mechanism of Porous Anodic Aluminium and Titanium Oxides. Advanced Materials, 2008. 20(19): p. 3663-+.
28. Lee, W., et al., Fast fabrication of long-range ordered porous alumina membranes by hard anodization. Nature Materials, 2006. 5(9): p. 741-747.
29. Li, Y., et al., Fabrication of porous alumina templates with a large-scale tunable interpore distance in a H2C2O4-C2H5OH-H2O solution. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2008. 53(10).
30. Li, J., et al., Nanoelectronics: Growing Y-junction carbon nanotubes. Nature, 1999. 402(6759).
31. Bell, R. and J. Richter, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, ed. V. 1. 1970: Courier Dover Publications.
32. Eloy, C., Leonardo's Rule, Self-Similarity, and Wind-Induced Stresses in Trees. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2011. 107(25).
33. Mandelbrot, B.B., The Fractal Geometry of Nature. 1983, San Francisco: Freeman.
34. Prusinkiewicz, P. and A. Lindenmayer, The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants 1990, New York: Springer-Verlag.
35. Kawawaki, T., Y. Takahashi, and T. Tatsuma, Enhancement of dye-sensitized photocurrents by gold nanoparticles: effects of dye-particle spacing. Nanoscale, 2011.3(7): p. 2865-2867.
36. Krishnan, R. and C.V. Thompson, Monodomain high-aspect-ratio 2D and 3D ordered porous alumina structures with independently controlled pore spacing and diameter.Advanced Materials, 2007. 19(7): p. 988-+.
37. Lee, J.S., et al., Growth of carbon nanotubes on anodic aluminum oxide templates:Fabrication of a tube-in-tube and linearly joined tube. Chemistry of Materials, 2001. 13(7): p. 2387-2391.
38. Im, W.S., et al., Stepped carbon nanotubes synthesized in anodic aluminum oxide templates. Diamond and Related Materials, 2004. 13(4-8): p. 1214-1217.
39. Guo, D., et al., Fabrication of a regular tripod Ni-P nanorod array and an AAO template with regular branched nanopores using a current-controlled branching method. Nanotechnology, 2007. 18(40).
40. Ho, A.Y.Y., et al., Controlled fabrication of multitiered three-dimensional nanostructures in porous alumina. Advanced Functional Materials, 2008. 18(14): p. 2057-2063.
41. Zakeri, R., et al., Synthesis and characterization of nonlinear nanopores in alumina films. Chemistry of Materials, 2007. 19(8): p. 1954-1963.
42. Zhang, J., C.S. Day, and D.L. Carroll, Controlled growth of novel hyper-branched nanostructures in nanoporous alumina membrane. Chemical Communications, 2009(45): p. 6937-6939.
43. Shuoshuo, C., et al., Competitive growth of branched channels inside AAO membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010. 20.
44. Li, X.D., et al., Controlled Synthesis of Germanium Nanowires and Nanotubes with Variable Morphologies and Sizes. Nano Letters, 2011. 11(4): p. 1704-1709.
45. Chen, B. and K. Lu, Influence of Patterned Concave Depth and Surface Curvature on Anodization of Titania Nanotubes and Alumina Nanopores. Langmuir, 2011. 27(19): p. 12179-12185.
46. Furneaux, R.C., W.R. Rigby, and A.P. Davidson, The formation of controlled-porosity membranes from anodically oxidized aluminum. Nature, 1989. 337(6203): p. 147-149.
47. Hanaoka, R., S. Takata, and Y. Nakagami, Electrical treeing in hexagonal ice crystals under applied impulse voltage. Ieee Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 2004. 11(6): p. 939-945.
48. Marquardt, B., et al., Density control of electrodeposited Ni nanoparticles/nanowires inside porous anodic alumina templates by an exponential anodization voltage decrease. Nanotechnology, 2008. 19(40).
49. Duan, H., Z. Xia, and J. Liang, Fabrication of Y-junction Metal Nanowires by AAO Template-assisted AC Electrodeposition. Nano-Micro Letters, 2011. 2(4): p. 290-295.
50. Gerein, N.J. and J.A. Haber, Effect of ac Electrodeposition Conditions on the Growth of High Aspect Ratio Copper Nanowires in Porous Aluminum Oxide Templates. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2005. 109(37): p. 17372-17385.
51. Zaraska, L., et al., Porous alumina membranes with branched nanopores as templates for fabrication of Y-shaped nanowire arrays. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2012. 16(11): p. 3611-3619.
52. Cao, X. and Y. Liang, Controlled fabrication of branched Fe nanotubes. Materials Letters, 2009. 63(26): p. 2215-2217.
53. Pirota, K.R., et al., Novel magnetic materials prepared by electrodeposition techniques:arrays of nanowires and multi-layered microwires. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2004. 369(1-2): p. 18-26.
54. Baik, J.M., M. Schierhorn, and M. Moskovits, Fe Nanowires in Nanoporous Alumina:Geometric Effect versus Influence of Pore Walls. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008. 112(7): p. 2252-2255.
55. Sauer, G., et al., Highly ordered monocrystalline silver nanowire arrays. Journal of Applied Physics, 2002. 91(5): p. 3243-3247.
56. Leitao, D.C., et al., Characterization of electrodeposited Ni and Ni(80)Fe(20) nanowires. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2008. 354(47-51): p. 5241-5243.
57. Dekker, C., Carbon Nanotubes as Molecular Quantum Wires. Physics Today, 1999. 52(5): p. 22-28.
58. Li, J., et al., Highly-ordered carbon nanotube arrays for electronics applications. Applied Physics Letters, 1999. 75(3): p. 367-369.
59. Gudiksen, M.S., et al., Growth of nanowire superlattice structures for nanoscale photonics and electronics. Nature, 2002. 415(6872): p. 617-620.
60. Wu, Y., R. Fan, and P. Yang, Block-by-Block Growth of Single-Crystalline Si/SiGe Superlattice Nanowires. Nano Letters, 2002. 2(2): p. 83-86.
61. Nicewarner-Peña, S.R., et al., Submicrometer Metallic Barcodes. Science, 2001. 294(5540): p. 137-141.
62. Reiss, B.D., et al., Electrochemical synthesis and optical readout of striped metal rods with submicron features. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2002. 522(1): p. 95-103.
63. Lee, K.-B., S. Park, and C.A. Mirkin, Multicomponent Magnetic Nanorods for Biomolecular Separations. Angewandte Chemie, 2004. 116(23): p. 3110-3112.
64. Liu, F., J.Y. Lee, and W.J. Zhou, Segmented Pt/Ru, Pt/Ni, and Pt/RuNi Nanorods as Model Bifunctional Catalysts for Methanol Oxidation. Small, 2006. 2(1): p. 121-128.
65. Bentley, A.K., et al., Magnetic Manipulation of Copper-Tin Nanowires Capped with Nickel Ends. Nano Letters, 2004. 4(3): p. 487-490.
66. Chen, B.S., et al., Crystalline Silicon Nanotubes and Their Connections with Gold Nanowires in Both Linear and Branched Topologies. Acs Nano, 2010. 4(12): p. 7105-7112.
67. Chen, B., et al., Branched Silicon Nanotubes and Metal Nanowires via AAO-Template-Assistant Approach. Advanced Functional Materials, 2010. 20(21): p. 3791-3796.
68. O'Carroll, D., D. Iacopino, and G. Redmond, Luminescent Conjugated Polymer Nanowire Y-Junctilons with On-Branch Molecular Anisotropy. Advanced Materials, 2009. 21(10-11): p. 1160-1165.
69. O'Carroll, D., et al., Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) Nanowires with Pronounced β-Phase Morphology: Synthesis, Characterization, and Optical Properties. Advanced Materials, 2008. 20(1): p. 42-48.
70. Grell, M., et al., A glass-forming conjugated main-chain liquid crystal polymer for polarized electroluminescence applications. Advanced Materials, 1997. 9(10): p. 798-802.
71. Yao, H., et al., In Situ Detection of Birefringent Mesoscopic H and J Aggregates of Thiacarbocyanine Dye in Solution. Langmuir, 2004. 21(3): p. 1067-1073.
72. Wei, D.C., et al., A new method to synthesize complicated multibranched carbon nanotubes with controlled architecture and composition. Nano Letters, 2006. 6(2): p. 186-192.
73. Xu, Z. and M.J. Buehler, Hierarchical Nanostructures Are Crucial To Mitigate Ultrasmall Thermal Point Loads. Nano Letters, 2009. 9(5): p. 2065-2072.
74. Cho, S.O., et al., Controlled synthesis of abundantly branched, hierarchical nanotrees by electron irradiation of polymers. Advanced Materials, 2006. 18(1): p. 60-65.
75. Li, Y., et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008. 130(44).
76. Shimazaki, Y., F. Hojo, and Y. Takezawa, Preparation and characterization of thermoconductive polymer nanocomposite with branched alumina nanofiber. Applied Physics Letters, 2008. 92(13).
77. Li, Y., et al., Langmuir 2007. 23(19).
78. Yue, S., Y. Zhang, and J. Du, Preparation of anodic aluminum oxide tubular membranes with various geometries. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2011. 128(1-2):p. 187-190.
79. Qiu, R., et al., CuNi Dendritic Material: Synthesis, Mechanism Discussion, and Application as Glucose Sensor. Chem. Mater., 2007. 19(17).
80. Matsumoto, F., K. Nishio, and H. Masuda, Flow-Through-Type DNA Array Based on Ideally Ordered Anodic Porous Alumina Substrate. Advanced Materials, 2004. 16(23-24): p. 2105-2108.
81. Custodio, L.M., et al., Birefringence swap at the transition to hyperbolic dispersion in metamaterials. Physical Review B, 2012. in press.
82. Badr, Y. and M.A. Mahmoud, Effect of silver nanowires on the surface-enhanced Raman spectra (SERS) of the RNA bases. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2006. 63(3).
83. Kim, A., et al., Highly Transparent Low Resistance ZnO/Ag Nanowire/ZnO Composite Electrode for Thin Film Solar Cells. ACS Nano, 2013. 7(2).
84. Morgenstern, F.S.F., et al., Ag-nanowire films coated with ZnO nanoparticles as a transparent electrode for solar cells. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2011. 99(18).
85. Zhang, T., et al., Plasmonic properties of welded metal nanoparticle. Open Surface Science Journal, 2011. 3.
86. Zhang, X.Y., et al., Fabrication and spectroscopic investigation of branched silver nanowires and nanomeshworks. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2012. 7(1).
87. Li, Y., et al., Gold nanoparticles inlaid TiO2 photoanodes: a superior candidate for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells. Energy Environ. Sci., 2013. 6(7).
88. Vo-Dinh, T., H.N. Wang, and J. Scaffidi, Plasmonic nanoprobes for SERS biosensing and bioimaging. J. Biophoton., 2009. 3(1).
89. Baxter, J.B. and E.S. Aydil, Nanowire-based dye-sensitized solar cells. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2005. 86(5).
90. Bechelany, M., et al., Nanowires with controlled porosity for hydrogen production. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013. 1(6).
91. Leung, S.-F., et al., Efficient Photon Capturing with Ordered Three-dimensional Nanowell Arrays. Nano Lett., 2012.
92. Sun, P., et al., Growth of single-crystalline rutile TiO2 nanowire array on titanate nanosheet film for dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Mater. Chem., 2012. 22(13).
93. Cataldo, S., et al., Carbon nanotubes and organic solar cells. Energy Environ. Sci., 2012. 5(3).
94. Wang, D., et al., Novel Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Alumina as a Template for Hierarchical TiO 2Nanotube Arrays. Small, 2012. 9(7).
95. Losic, D. and D. Losic, Jr., Preparation of Porous Anodic Alumina with Periodically Perforated Pores. Langmuir, 2009. 25(10): p. 5426-5431.
96. Jagminas, A., et al., Behavior of alumina barrier layer in the supporting electrolytes for deposition of nanowired materials. Electrochimica Acta, 2010. 55(9): p. 3361-3367.
97. Azevedo, J., et al., Influence of the rest pulse duration in pulsed electrodeposition of Fe nanowires. J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2012. 12(12): p. 9112-7.
98. Kovtyukhova, N.I., T.E. Mallouk, and T.S. Mayer, Templated surface sol-gel synthesis of SiO2 nanotubes and SiO2-insulated metal nanowires. Advanced Materials, 2003. 15(10): p. 780-+.
99. Singh, A.P., et al., Photoelectrochemical properties of hematite films grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2012. 37(19).
100. Zhang, Z., M.F. Hossain, and T. Takahashi, Photoelectrochemical water splitting on highly smooth and ordered TiO2 nanotube arrays for hydrogen generation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2010. 35(16).
101. Andrade, L., et al., Impedance characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells in a tandem arrangement for hydrogen production by water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2010. 35(17): p. 8876-8883.
102. Krol, R.v.d., Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, ed. S.S.B. Media. 2012.
103. Yu, K. and J. Chen, Enhancing Solar Cell Efficiencies through 1-D Nanostructures. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2008. 4(1).
104. Vayssieres, L., et al., One-dimensional quantum-confinement effect in alpha-Fe2O3 ultrafine nanorod arrays. Advanced Materials, 2005. 17(19): p. 2320-+.
105. Cheng, H.M., et al., Formation of Branched ZnO Nanowires from Solvothermal Method and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Applications. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008. 112(42).
106. Wu, H., et al., Branched Co3O4/Fe2O3 nanowires as high capacity lithium-ion battery anodes. Nano Res., 2013. 6(3).
107. Xia, X., et al., Fabrication of metal oxide nanobranches on atomic-layer-deposited TiO2 nanotube arrays and their application in energy storage. Nanoscale, 2013. 5(13).