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15 - General Engineering
Lancaster University
The metallisation of insulating substrates with nano-structured metal films of controllable pore dimension
Nanoporous metal composite materials are attractive for use in clean energy production, energy storage, sensors and separation science. Funded by NNL/EPSRC/RSC, this work comprises the first report of nanoporous metal formation (i) by electroless deposition and (ii) directly onto insulating substrates, so extending their range of application. It is the full paper version of a 2012 short communication (Electrochem. Comm. 23, 87), has led to an international patent application (WO2012/042203) and allowed for fabrication of nanoporous metal-coated membranes currently being studied for advanced nuclear separations in the MBASE project (EPSRC award EP/I002928/1, Lancaster with Manchester, Reading, NNL, Idaho National Laboratory).