Nanowire structural element

摘要

The invention concerns a nanowire structural element suited for use in a microreactor system or microcatalyzer system. A template based process is used for the production of the nanowire structural element, wherein the nanowires are electrochemically depositioned in the nanopores. The irradiation is carried out at different angles, such that a nanowire network is formed. The hollow chamber-like structure in the nanowire network is established through the dissolving of the template foil and removal of the dissolved template material. The interconnecting of the nanowires provides stability to the nanowire structural element and an electrical connection between the nanowires is created thereby.

主权项

1. A nanowire structural element that includes an array of numerous nanowires running in different directions and wherein the nanowires intersecting at numerous nodes have merged such that the nanowires are interconnected to form a network wherein the nanowires run along at least three predefined different directions within the network at 90° to each other, and wherein the at least three predefined different directions do not lie in a common plane, forming with the at least three predefined different directions a vector space, and the nanowires are interconnected in a three-dimensional manner and wherein the element is freestanding.