Nanostructures formed by displacement of porous silicon with copper: from nanoparticles to porous membranes

Bandarenka, Hanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4254-8261, Redko, Sergey, Smirnov, Aleksandr, Panarin, Andrei, Terekhov, Sergei, Nenzi, Paolo, Balucani, Marco and Bondarenko, Vitaly 2012. Nanostructures formed by displacement of porous silicon with copper: from nanoparticles to porous membranes. Nanoscale Research Letters 7 (1) , 447. 10.1186/1556-276X-7-477

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Abstract

The application of porous silicon as a template for the fabrication of nanosized copper objects is reported. Three different types of nanostructures were formed by displacement deposition of copper on porous silicon from hydrofluoric acid-based solutions of copper sulphate: (1) copper nanoparticles, (2) quasi-continuous copper films, and (3) free porous copper membranes. Managing the parameters of porous silicon (pore sizes, porosity), deposition time, and wettability of the copper sulphate solution has allowed to achieve such variety of the copper structures. Elemental and structural analyses of the obtained structures are presented. Young modulus measurements of the porous copper membrane have been carried out and its modest activity in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy is declared.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Physics and Astronomy
Publisher:	SpringerOpen
ISSN:	1556-276X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	31 July 2026
Date of Acceptance:	4 August 2012
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2026 21:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/188580

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