DEPOSITION METHOD AND PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY

摘要

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of porous or nanostructured, materials comprising metals and other materials, in which a thin layer of a structure-directing agent such as a non-ionic amphiphile in a solvent is applied to a substrate and material deposited onto the substrate electrolytically. The structure directing agent is present as an inverse lyotropic liquid crystalline phase. The process has several practical advantages over known techniques employing a bulk liquid crystalline phase. The films have unexpected properties.