Electrochemical processing of directionally solidified eutectic alloys [Elektronische Ressource] : release and characterization of metallic nano wires / vorgelegt von Andrew Jonathan Smith

Andrew Jonathan Smith

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• Publié par: heinrich-heine-universitat_dusseldorf
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 45
• Langue: English
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Electrochemical Processing of
Directionally Solidified Eutectic Alloys:
Release and Characterization of Metallic
Nano Wires
Inaugural-Dissertation
zur
Erlangung des Doktorgrades der
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
vorgelegt von
Andrew Jonathan Smith
aus Manchester, CT - USA
März 2008Aus dem Institut für Organische und Makromolekulare Chemie
der Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Gedruckt mit der Genehmigung der
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Referentin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Staudt
Korreferent: PD Dr. Manuel M. Lohrengel
Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 05.05.2008Some of the results presented in this work were reported in published papers or
during scientific meetings:
Publications
B. Bello Rodriguez, A. J. Smith, A. W. Hassel
“Electrodeposition of Gold on Tungsten Nanowires”
J. Electroanal. Chem., in press
A. W. Hassel, V. Cimalla, C. Röhlig, J. Pezoldt, M. Niebelschütz, O.
Ambacher, K. Brückner, M. Hein, J. Weber, S. Milenkovic, A. J. Smith
“Nanomechanics of single crystalline tungsten nanowires”
Journal of Nanomaterials, in press
S. Milenkovic, A. J. Smith, A. W. Hassel
“Single crystalline Molybdenum nanowires and nanowire arrays”
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, in press
S. Brittman, A. J. Smith, S. Milenkovic, A. W. Hassel
“Copper Nanowires by an Electrochemical Release from a Directionally
Solidified Silver-Copper Eutectic”
Electrochim. Acta 53 (2007) 324-329
A. W. Hassel, A. J. Smith, S. Milenkovic
“Nanostructures from directionally solidified NiAl-W Eutectic Alloys”
Electrochimica Acta, 52 (4) 1799-1804, 2006
Oral Presentations (presenting author underlined)
A. J. Smith, M. Stratmann, A. W. Hassel
“Selective Electrodissolution of Directionally Solidified Eutectic Alloys for
”Mass Production” of Metallic Nanowires with Extreme Aspect Ratios”
th58 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
2007.09.09–2007.09.14, Banff, Canada
A. J. Smith, S. Milenkovic, A. W. Hassel
“Initial Steps in Handling Single Nanowires”92. AGEF Seminar “Nanotubes and Nanowires”
2007.04.19, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
A. J. Smith, S. Milenkovic, A. W. Hassel
“Directionally Solidified Nanostructured Materials: Properties and
Applications”
International Bunsen Discussion Meeting
2006.11.02–2006.11.04, Dresden, Deutschland
A. J. Smith, S. Milenkovic, A. W. Hassel
“Metallic Nanoarrays for Application in Nanoelectronics and Nanosensor
Technology”
th4 Spring Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
2006.04.17–2006.04.20, Singapore
Poster Presentations
A. J. Smith, A. W. Hassel
“Studying and Applying Metallic Nanowires Obtained from Electrochemical
Treatment of Directionally Solidified Eutectics”
th6 International Symposium on Electrochemical Micro & Nanosystem
Technologies
2006.08.22–2006.08.25, Bonn, Deutschland
A. J. Smith, S. Milenkovic, A. W. Hassel
“Overview of Nanoscopic Morphologies Accessible Through Electrochemical
Processing of Directionally Solidified Eutectic Alloys ”
92. AGEF Seminar “Nanotubes and Nanowires”
2007.04.19, Düsseldorf, DeutschlandsthExairetik?Mar?aafierwm?noElectrochemical Processing of
Directionally Solidified Eutectic Alloys:
Release and Characterization of Metallic
Nano Wires
Dissertation
by
Andrew Jonathan SmithAcknowledgments
First and foremost I must express my thanks to Prof. Claudia Staudt and
PD Dr. Manuel M. Lohrengel for kindly supervising this thesis.
Also, my warmest gratitude goes to Dr. Achim Walter Hassel for his guidance,
mentoring, and support in the past eight years.
Of course, I could never have finished this thing without some (actually: a lot of)
help. So here goes: Thanks go to Dr. Srdjan Milenković for a seemingly endless
supply of samples and smiles, to Dr. Belen Bello-Rodriguez for keeping all of us
sane in the lab, to Kirsten Lill for being the best office-buddy ever as well as a
good friend.
Very special thanks go to Christian Fenster who has the dubious luck of being
my very good friend and my colleague at the same time. Thank you for being
there.
Over the past two years I was lucky to have some very capable students sup-
porting my work. Thank you Pedro Perezim, Sarah Brittmann, Dana Frankel,
and André Abts.
Many thanks also go to my colleagues for helpful discussions and experimental
support: Dr. Daniel Sanders and Andrei Ionut Mardare as well as the rest of
the “ElKo’s”.
I must also thank the excellent staff at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisen-
forschung for their help and support: Andrea Mingers and Daniel Kurz for ICP-
OESmeasurements,MonikaNellessonforguidanceusingtheFIB,ErikaBartsch
for TEMts, and Ralf Selbach and his very capable crew of crafts-
men: Markus Bormann and Robert Thissen, among others, for creatively con-
structing various widgets and gadgets.
Next I would like to thank the people that are my friends: Andreas Serr, Katha-
rina Gerigk, Niels-Jakob Küttner, Mark Fellmann, Andreia Ioana Popa, and
Jana van der Kloet. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you... I wouldn’t have made
it without you!
Finally, the most important person in my life: Maria Georgiou. I cannot express
the amount of luck and gratitude I feel, knowing that you are there.