Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343634

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343634

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Preparation of nanostructured surfaces by electrochemical deposition through lyotropic liquid-crystal templates. Hexagonal-phase lyotropic liquid crystals may be used as templates to deposit metals on electrodes. The sizes of the structures made by this method are a few nanometres. We propose to exploit both the aqueous and non-aqueous parts of the liquid crystal to deposit different metals, polymers or metals and polymers. Thin metal wires (nano-wires) sheathed in polymer will be the thinnest insulated wires ever made. Carbon nanotubes will also be aligned in the hexagonal hole in the template allowing exploitation of these unique species. The structures that will be fabricated will be candidates for catalysts, sensor arrays and electronic devices.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-01-2003

End Date: 30-06-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $162,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Colloid And Surface Chemistry | Electrochemistry | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Chemical sciences |

Other Keywords

Chemical sciences | Colloid And Surface Chemistry | Electrochemistry | Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)

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