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Evolution of morphology and grain structure of metal nanowires in initial period of templated electrodeposition

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Templated electrodeposition is one of the most effective ways to prepare arrays of one-dimensional nanostructures. The growth of the nanostructures can be monitored in situ in the course of electrodeposition by analysing the current-time transients. However, the analysis of nonmonotonic current behaviour corresponding to nucleation and initial growth of the nanostructures is rarely discussed in the literature. Here, the detailed study of the initial stages of templated electrodeposition of Au inside the pores of anodic aluminium oxide is performed. The experimental tools to visualize the nanostructures formed in initial period are proposed based on the scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The observed features of deposition transients are associated with the changes in both the morphology and grain structure of the deposit and are also affected by parallel hydrogen evolution. The experimental observations are supported by the numerical simulations.

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Acknowledgements

SEM images were recorded using scientific equipment purchased by the Lomonosov Moscow State University Program of Development. TEM analysis was performed using the equipment of the Shared Research Centre of the Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of the Russian Academy of Sciences supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the State assignment FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” of RAS. GTs acknowledges the support of Pause program.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 18-73-10151). Anodic alumina templates were obtained under financial support of the RSF (Grant No. 19-73-10176).

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  1. Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel

    A. P. Leontiev & D. A. Bograchev

  2. Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. P. Leontiev, G. A. Tsirlina & K. S. Napolskii

  3. Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. P. Leontiev & K. S. Napolskii

  4. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Center ‘Crystallography and Photonics’, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    D. N. Khmelenin

  5. University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LEPMI, 38610, Grenoble, France

    G. A. Tsirlina

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Leontiev, A.P., Bograchev, D.A., Khmelenin, D.N. et al. Evolution of morphology and grain structure of metal nanowires in initial period of templated electrodeposition. J Solid State Electrochem 28, 1619–1629 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05734-0

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