A template-based electrochemical method for the synthesis of multisegmented metallic nanotubes

Bimetallic nanotubes: Uniform arrays of metal nanotubes were prepared by the electrodeposition of a thin metallic film on the pore walls of anodic aluminum oxide membranes decorated with metallic nanoparticles. Multisegmented nanotubes with a bimetallic stacking configuration along the nanotube axis can be fabricated (see picture). The technique is applicable to a wide variety of conducting and semiconducting materials. (Figure Presented). © 2005 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.