Peter R. Birkin

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and versatile technique for the preparation of novel macroporous three-dimensional gold and platinum films with regular submicron spherical holes arranged in a close-packed structure was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a template is formed by polystyrene latex spheres self-assembled on gold electrodes and after deposition of platinum, palladium or cobalt, the spheres are fully removed by washing in toluene to leave a highly periodic, hexagonal close packed, interconnected network of spherical pores within the metal film.

TL;DR: The properties of gold surfaces patterned using a nanoscale "lost wax" technique by electrochemical deposition through a self-assembled latex template support localized surface plasmons which couple strongly to incident light, appearing as sharp spectral features in reflectivity measurements.

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-assembled colloidal template based on poly(styrene) latex spheres was used as a template for 3D macroporous conducting polymer films and the template was subsequently removed by dissolution in toluene.

TL;DR: An enzyme switch responsive to hydrogen peroxide was made by connecting two carbon band electrodes with an anodically grown film of poly(aniline), and a blind test showed that the device can be used to determine unknown concentrations of H(1,2-diaminobenzene) in solution and that the same device maybe reused several times.