Electrochemical process for fabricating article exhibiting substantial three-dimensional order and resultant article
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    发明授权
    Electrochemical process for fabricating article exhibiting substantial three-dimensional order and resultant article 有权
    用于制造具有实质的三维顺序和所得制品的制品的电化学方法

    公开(公告)号:US06409907B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-25

    申请号:US09248858

    申请日:1999-02-11

    IPC分类号: C25D1100

    CPC分类号: B82Y20/00 G02B6/1225

    摘要: A structure, e.g., a photonic band gap material, exhibiting substantial periodicity on a micron scale is provided. Fabrication involves the steps of providing a template comprising a colloidal crystal, placing the template in an electrolytic solution, electrochemically forming a lattice material, e.g., a high refractive index material, on the colloidal crystal, and then removing the colloidal crystal particles to form the desired structure. The electrodeposition provides a dense, uniform lattice, because formation of the lattice material begins near a conductive substrate, for example, and growth occurs substantially along a plane moving in a single direction, e.g., normal to the conductive substrate. Moreover, because the electrochemically grown lattice is a three-dimensionally interconnected solid, there is very little shrinkage upon subsequent treatment.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种以微米尺度表现出大量周期性的结构,例如光子带隙材料。 制备涉及以下步骤:提供包含胶体晶体的模板,将模板置于电解溶液中,在胶体晶体上电化学形成晶格材料,例如高折射率材料,然后除去胶体晶体颗粒,形成 所需结构。 电沉积提供致密的均匀晶格,因为晶格材料的形成开始在导电基底附近,例如,生长基本上沿着沿单个方向移动的平面(例如垂直于导电基底)发生。 此外,由于电化学生长的晶格是三维互连的固体,因此随后的处理几乎没有收缩。