Conductive nanorods

Our approach utilized the metals gold, platinum, then later gold, platinum, and nickel electroplated in succession because the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide reaction we tested was most efficiently catalyzed with platinum.After fabrication of the nanowires they were freed by removing the conductive silver backing with nitric acid and the sacrificial template with a strong base, sodium hydroxide. Then nanorods were washed with deionized water and ultracentrifuged to achieve a neutral pH. 

The first one makes use of the pores of membranes as templates for the electrolytic growth of metal nanorods. This technique consists of coating one side of a membrane with a metal electrode (such as gold or platinum) and then elec-trodepositing a metal or conducting polymer within the pores of the membrane [90]. This method controls more closely the filling of the pores compared to other... 

Nanotube theoretical and experimental research has developed very rapidly over the last seven years, following the bulk production of C(jo and structural identification of carbon nanotubes in soot deposits formed during plasma arc experiments. This review summarises achievements in nanotube technology, in particular various routes to carbon nanotubes and their remarkable mechanical and conducting properties. The creation of novel nanotubules, nanowires and nanorods containing other elements such as B, N, Si, O, Mo, S and W is also reviewed. These advances are paving the way to nanoscale technology and promise to provide a wide spectrum of applications. 

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