title: An invisible template method toward gold regular arrays of nanoflowers by electrodeposition.
abstract: A new approach, an invisible template method that is realized through controlling the interface electroconductivity of an electrode surface, is presented to synthesize gold regular arrays of nanoflowers with variable separations through further electrochemical deposition. Using polystyrene monolayer colloidal crystals as the first template, a hexagonally packed 1-hexadecanethiol pattern was self-assembled and used as an invisible template to control the interface electroconductivity. Further electrochemical deposition under appropriate conditions can easily lead to gold regular arrays of nanoflowers. This new approach demonstrates a simple route to the fabrication of novel gold micro/nanostructured arrays that may find applications as SERS active substrates, superhydrophobic materials, and so forth.
authors: Key Lab of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, PR China.
authors: Jingjing
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Guotao
authors: G
authors: Duan
authors: Yue
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Guangqiang
authors: G
authors: Liu
authors: Zhengfei
authors: Z
authors: Dai
authors: Hongwen
authors: H
authors: Zhang
authors: Weiping
authors: W
authors: Cai