title: Fabrication of gold microtubes and microwires in high aspect ratio capillary arrays.
abstract: In this communication, we describe the sequential deposition of materials in capillaries as a means to produce self-assembled three-dimensional gold microtubes, hollow gold microwires, and microtube and microwire arrays with unprecedented aspect ratios. The initial application of this technique is the fabrication of an array of microwires within a silica capillary array. The physical characteristics of these microwires are characterized via SEM, electrochemistry, and electrogenerated chemiluminescence emission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tufts Univeristy, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Monk
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Walt
mesh_terms: D017979:Gold Colloid / Q000737:chemistry*; D009474:Neurons; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017979:Gold Colloid; D012822:Silicon Dioxide