Track-etched polymer membranes with crossed nanochannels have been revealed to be most suitable as templates to produce large surface area and mechanically stable 3D interconnected nanowire (NW) networks by electrodeposition. Geometrically controlled NW superstructures made of NiCo ferromagnetic alloys exhibit appealing magnetoresistive properties. The combination of exact alloy compositions wi...

Templated electrodeposition was used to synthesize silver-zinc oxide nanowires and iron oxide (Fe2O3) nanotubes in polycarbonate track etched (PCTE) membranes. Metal/oxide segmented nanowires were made to produce hydrogen gas from a water/methanol mixture under ultraviolet irradiation. It was observed that gas production increased during irradiation. Iron oxide nanotubes were synthesized via a ...

Filtration of molecules by nanometer-sized structures is ubiquitous in our everyday life, but our understanding of such molecular filtration processes is far less than desired. Until recently, one of the main reasons was the lack of experimental methods that can help provide detailed, microscopic pictures of molecule-nanostructure interactions. Several innovations in experimental methods, such ...

Alpha-particle radiobiological experiments involve irradiating cells with alpha particles and require thin biocompatible materials which can record alpha-particle traversals as substrates for cell cultures. The biocompatibilities of chemically etched CR-39 solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) using aqueous NaOH or NaOH/ehtanol are studied through the abundance and morphology of the cult...

Initiated by the theoretical works of Hicks and Dresselhaus [1], the interest in nanostructured materials as more efficient thermoelectric materials has increased enormously. Recent experimental results on structures ranging from superlattices [2] to Si nanowires [3,4] emphasize the potential of tailoring materials properties by implementing finiteand quantum-size effects to circumvent classica...

In recent years, molecular transport through solid-state nanochannels mimicking selective transport properties of biological ion channels has attracted considerable attention. In both synthetic and biological channels, these properties strongly depend on size and surface charge. Especially, heavy ion track-etched nanochannels are widely used for selective transport and separation of molecules, ...