Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates

Jun Wang; Joe Harris; Mei Li; Daniela Plana; Michele E. Barbour; David J. Fermin; Stephen Mann

doi:10.1039/c3ce40704g

Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates

Jun Wang^*, Joe Harris, Mei Li, Daniela Plana, Michele E. Barbour, David J. Fermin, Stephen Mann

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Macroporous biomineralized composites in the form of thin slices of tooth dentine were used to prepare oriented arrays of high aspect ratio copper microwires by template-directed electrochemical deposition. The coaligned wires were 1 to 4 mu m in thickness, and spatially separated throughout the dentine matrix to produce a metallized inorganic-organic biocomposite that exhibited ohmic conductivity and enhanced mechanical hardness. Utilization of porous biomineral templates for the crystallization of metallic microwire arrays offers a novel step towards the low temperature fabrication of multi-functional conductive hybrid composites with integrated bioinspired properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7152-7156
Number of pages	5
Journal	CrystEngComm
Volume	15
Issue number	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce40704g
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Inorganic & Materials

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ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES
NANOWIRE ARRAYS
ELECTRODEPOSITION
FABRICATION
DEPOSITION
MEMBRANES

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Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates

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