Issue 42, 2007
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Insights into the relationship between inherent materials properties of PZT and photochemistry for the development of nanostructured silver

Steve Dunn,*a   Divya Tiwari,a   Paul M. Jonesa  and  Diego E. Gallardoa  

* Corresponding authors

a Nanotechnology Centre, Cranfield University, Building 30, Cranfield, UK
E-mail: s.c.dunn@cranfield.ac.uk

Abstract

Recently there has been great interest in using patterned ferroelectric materials for the photochemical growth of metal nanostructures. Variations in surface and sub-surface structure influence the photochemical processes. Here we show that crystallography, and hence remnant polarization, of the ferroelectric affects photo-deposition. The ratio of metal growth on cāˆ’ and c+ domains varies from 1 : 2 for [100] to 1 : 100 for [111]. This is shown to be dependent on the variations in the band structure.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B710894J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Jul 2007
Accepted
14 Sep 2007
First published
25 Sep 2007

J. Mater. Chem., 2007,17, 4460-4463

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Insights into the relationship between inherent materials properties of PZT and photochemistry for the development of nanostructured silver

S. Dunn, D. Tiwari, P. M. Jones and D. E. Gallardo, J. Mater. Chem., 2007, 17, 4460 DOI: 10.1039/B710894J

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