Double-Gyroid-Structured Functional Materials
Subtitle: Synthesis and Applications
By: by Maik Rudolf Johann Scherer
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
Publisher: Springer International Publishing; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9783319003542
Subjects: Building materials; Materials science; Polymers; Materials; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology; Thin Films Surface and Interface Science; Polymer Sciences
Description: The development of new high-tech applications and devices has created a seemingly insatiable demand for novel functional materials with enhanced and tailored properties. Such materials can be achieved by three-dimensional structuring on the nanoscale, giving rise to a significant enhancement of particular functional characteristics which stems from the ability to access both surface/interface and bulk properties. The highly ordered, bicontinuous double-gyroid morphology is a fascinating and particularly suitable 3D nanostructure for this purpose due to its highly accessible surface area, connectivity, narrow pore diameter distribution and superb structural stability. The presented study encompasses a wide range of modern nanotechnology techniques in a highly versatile bottom-up nanopatterning strategy that splits the fabrication process into two successive steps: the preparation of mesoporous double-gyroid templates utilizing diblock copolymer self-assembly, and their replication with a functional material employing electrochemical deposition and atomic layer deposition. The double-gyroid structured materials discussed include metals, metal oxides, and conjugated polymers, which are applied and characterized in high-performance devices, such as electrochromic displays, supercapacitors, chemical sensors and photovoltaics. This publication addresses a wide range of readers, from researchers and specialists who are professionally active in the field, to more general readers interested in chemistry, nanoscience and physics.
Table of contents: title: Nanostructuring of functional materials; title: Gyroid and gyroid-like surfaces; title: Diblock copolymer synthesis; title: Voided double-gyroid thin film templates; title: Templating of metal oxides by electrodeposition; title: Electrodeposition of metals; title: Electropolymerization of conjugated polymers; title: Atomic layer deposition of metal oxides.