2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Preparation of Functional Nan cylinder Arrays Using Templated Electrodeposition in Supercritical Fluids

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21656205
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Reaction engineering/Process system
Research Institution	Yokohama National University (2010-2011) Tokyo Institute of Technology (2009)
Principal Investigator	ATOBE Mahito 横浜国立大学, 環境情報研究院, 教授 (90291351)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	テンプレート電析 / ナノシリンダー
Research Abstract	A supercritical fluid exhibits larger diffusivility and lower viscosity compared to those of conventional liquids, since physicochemical properties of supercritical fluids are intermediate between those of gases and liquids. We envisioned that the use of scCHF_3 as an electrolytic medium for templated electrochemical deposition would enable the effective substrate transport into pores of template membrane and the nanoprecise filling with the materials. With this in mind, in this work, we have successfully developed a templated electrodeposition in supercritical fluids for preparation of functional nanocylinder arrays.