The Production of Mesoporous Silica Substrates for Use as Electrodeposition Templates

可用的项目是生产用于电沉积模板的介孔二氧化硅衬底。使用电化学定向表面活性剂，可以产生具有强排列孔的二氧化硅薄膜。为了制作半导体纳米线器件电沉积的模板，我们希望通过这种途径实现孔径的变化。这将涉及合成化学以生产新的表面活性剂分子和二氧化硅沉积的电化学，并结合对所得薄膜的详细分析。

The available project is concerned with the production of mesoporous silica substrates for use as electrodeposition templates. Using electrochemistry to orient a surfactant, it is possible to produce silica films with strongly aligned pores. To make templates for the electrodeposition of semiconductor nanowire devices, we would like to implement variations in the pore sizes available through this route. This will involve synthetic chemistry to produce new surfactant molecules and electrochemistry for the silica deposition, combined with detailed analysis of the resultant films.