Issue 36, 2013
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CrystEngComm

Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates†

Jun Wang,a   Joe Harris,b   Mei Li,b   Daniela Plana,b   Michele E. Barbour,c   David J. Fermin*b  and  Stephen Mann*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

b School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
E-mail: David.Fermin@bristol.ac.uk, S.Mann@bristol.ac.uk

c School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK

Abstract

Macroporous biomineralized composites in the form of thin slices of tooth dentine were used to prepare oriented arrays of high aspect ratio copper microwires by template-directed electrochemical deposition. The coaligned wires were 1 to 4 μm in thickness, and spatially separated throughout the dentine matrix to produce a metallized inorganic–organic biocomposite that exhibited ohmic conductivity and enhanced mechanical hardness. Utilization of porous biomineral templates for the crystallization of metallic microwire arrays offers a novel step towards the low temperature fabrication of multi-functional conductive hybrid composites with integrated bioinspired properties.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CE40704G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Apr 2013
Accepted
29 May 2013
First published
30 May 2013

CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 7152-7156

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Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates

J. Wang, J. Harris, M. Li, D. Plana, M. E. Barbour, D. J. Fermin and S. Mann, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 7152 DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40704G

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