Public Title Process for Synthesizing Double Gyroid Structure Nanoporous Films and Nanowire Networks Division Lead Inventor Urade, Vikrant Public Description This technology is a new, scalable, reproducible, and inexpensive technique for synthesizing nanoporous, thin, film coatings with a double-gyroid structure with pore sizes less than 10nm. The coatings can be made from metal oxides and can be made on any hydrophilic substrate. When the film is synthesized on an electrode surface, the active electrode surface is accessible to the species in the nanopores. Due to this fact, the nanopores may be filled by a variety of processes including electrodeposition. Using electrodesposition metals such as platinum, gold, cobalt, copper; semimetals such as bismuth; and semiconductors can be fabricated. These deposited structures fill the pores of the double-gyroid phase and form a replica of the pore system with high fidelity. Patent Status Public References Key Words Manager Jon Gortat Email jdgortat@prf.org Telephone 765-588-3485 Fax 765-463-3486   Back to List