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EPSRC Reference:	GR/M84817/01
Title:	ROPA: NANO-ARCHITECTURES: BEYOND THE LIMITS OF TEMPLATING
Principal Investigator:	Attard, Professor G
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Department:	Sch of Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Southampton
Scheme:	ROPA
Starts:	01 November 1999	Ends:	31 October 2001	Value (£):	109,111
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Synthesis & Growth
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Over the past 2 years we have pioneered the use of liquid crystalline phases as templates for the production of metal films and stacked multilayer metal films that have well-defined mesophorus nanostructures. The range of nanostructures that are accessible reflect the structures of the liquid crytalline phases formed by surfactants in water. We now propose to use these nanostructures as a starting point to produce metal films with novel nano-architectures through controlled electrodissolution. We expect that the resulting materials will be of fundamental interest and may also have applications through controlled electrodissolution. We expect that the resulting materials will be of fundamental interest and may also have applications in electrochemical, electronic, optical and magnetic devices.
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