title: Electrodeposition of mesoporous semimetal and magnetic metal films from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases.
abstract: Mesoporous semimetal bismuth film and magnetic metal nickel and cobalt thin films have been electrodeposited from hexagonal or lamellar structured lyotropic liquid crystalline phases with polyoxyethylene surfactant. The liquid crystalline templates are characterized by low-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) and polarized-light optical microscopy (POM). The metal films are characterized by low-angle and wide-angle XRD, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The magnetic measurements on the mesoporous nickel and cobalt films are shown to have higher coercivity (Hc) than the nonporous polycrystalline films.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Hongmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yunfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yushan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan