Professor Walther Schwarzacher

Research summary

We use simple and inexpensive methods, especially electrochemical deposition (electrodeposition), to prepare ultrathin films and nanostructures with unique physical properties.

We are especially interested in magnetic systems, for example studying interactions between magnetic nanoparticles, and electron transport in devices combining magnetic and organic materials.

We also study the surface physics aspects of electrodeposition, for example to study the origin and evolution of surface roughness, and are developing new in-situ optical techniques for this work.

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Recent publications

• Eloi, J, Jones, SEW, Poor, V, Okuda, M, Gwyther, J & Schwarzacher, W 2012, ‘Electrochemically Triggered Selective Adsorption of Biotemplated Nanoparticles on Self-Assembled Organometallic Diblock Copolymer Thin Films’. Advanced Functional Materials, vol 22., pp. 3273-3278
• Okuda, M, Eloi, J, Bird, SE, Sarua, A, Richardson, RM & Schwarzacher, W 2012, ‘Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles: protein-mediated crystalline magnetic superstructures.’. Nanotechnology, vol 23., pp. 415601

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