title: Direct Fabrication of 3D Metallic Networks and Their Performance.
abstract: Fabrication of macroscopic nanoporous metallic networks is challenging, because it demands fine structures at the nanoscale over a large-scale. A technique to form pure scalable networks is introduced. The networked-metals ("Netals") exhibit a strong interaction with light and indicate a large fraction of hot-electrons generation. These hot-electrons are available to derive photocatalytic processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel.
authors.forename: Racheli
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ron
authors.affiliation: Attolight AG, EPFL Innovation Park, Building D, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gachet
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel.
authors.forename: Katya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rechav
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel.
authors.forename: Adi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salomon
keywords: disordered-networks; hot-electrons; metallic networks; nanoporous-metals; photocatalysis; plasmonics