Self oscillatory electrodeposition

Microspectroscopic Study of Self-Organization in Oscillatory Electrodeposition... 

As has been shown above, oscillatory electrodeposition is interesting from the point of view of the production of micro- and nanostructured materials. However, in situ observation of the dynamic change of the deposits had been limited to the micrometer scale by use of an optical microscope. Inspections on the nanometer scale were achieved only by ex situ experiments. Thus, information vdth regard to dynamic nanostructural changes of deposits in the course of the oscillatory growth was insufHcient, although it is very important to understand how the macroscopic ordered structures are formed with their molecular- or nano-components in a self-organized manner. 

We have reviewed studies of the self-organized formation of ordered nanostructures by oscillatory electrodeposition. Although the mechanism is totally different in different cases and the structures of the resultant deposits vary greatly, they agree in that a unit structure is formed with one cycle of the oscillation. Periodic ordered... 

Nakanishi, S., Fukami, K, Tada, T. and Nakato, Y. (2004) Metal latticeworks formed by self-organization in oscillatory electrodeposition. /. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 9556-9557. 

Electrochemical oscillation during the Cu-Sn alloy electrodeposition reaction was first reported by Survila et al. [33]. They found the oscillation in the course of studies of the electrochemical formation of Cu-Sn alloy from an acidic solution containing a hydrosoluble polymer (Laprol 2402C) as a brightening agent, though the mechanism of the oscillatory instability was not studied. We also studied the oscillation system and revealed that a layered nanostructure is formed in synchronization with the oscillation in a self-organizational manner [25, 26]. 

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