Nanoporous gold: from structure evolution to functional properties in catalysis and electrochemistry

G Wittstock, M Bäumer, W Dononelli… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoporous gold (NPG) is characterized by a bicontinuous network of nanometer-sized
metallic struts and interconnected pores formed spontaneously by oxidative dissolution of …

Nanoporous metals with structural hierarchy: A review

T Juarez, J Biener, J Weissmüller… - Advanced Engineering …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoporous (np) metals have generated much interest since they combine several
desirable material characteristics, such as high surface area, mechanical size effects, and …

Nanoporous gold—testing macro-scale samples to probe small-scale mechanical behavior

N Mameka, K Wang, J Markmann… - Materials Research …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoporous gold made by dealloying exemplifies how the exciting mechanical properties of
nanoscale objects can be exploited in designing materials from which macroscopic things …

Light, strong, and stable nanoporous aluminum with native oxide shell

W Yang, ZP Luo, WK Bao, H **e, ZS You, HJ ** - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
Aluminum (Al) metal is highly reactive but has excellent corrosion resistance because of the
formation of a self-healing passive oxide layer on the surface. Here, we report that this native …

Formation and microstructures of nanoporous gold films with tunable compositions/porosities/sizes through chemical dealloying of dilute solid solution Cu-Au alloys

Y Liu, Y Zhang, B Yu, F Tan, G Cheng… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Structural regulation of both macro-shape (cubes, films) and microstructure (ligament size,
porosity) of nanoporous metals is of central importance for their fundamental studies and …

Ultrastrong spinodoid alloys enabled by electrochemical dealloying and refilling

H Guan, H **e, ZP Luo, WK Bao, ZS You, Z **… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
We present an extreme case of composition-modulated nanomaterial formed by selective
etching (dealloying) and electrochemical refilling. The product is a coarse-grain polycrystal …

Robust metallic actuators based on nanoporous gold rapidly dealloyed from gold–nickel precursors

C Cheng, L Lührs - Advanced functional materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dealloyed nanoporous gold (np‐Au) has applications as oxygen reduction catalysis in Li‐air
batteries and fuel cells, or as actuators to convert electricity into mechanical energy …

Weak boundary enabled tensile ductility in dealloyed porous Fe alloy

H **e, JC Shao, L Zou, HJ ** - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Dealloying has emerged as a new route to the synthesis of porous or nanoporous materials
for a variety of novel structural/functional applications. However, dealloyed (nano-) porous …

Nanoporous gold by alloy corrosion: Method-structure-property relationships

M Graf, B Roschning… - Journal of The …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanoporous gold (NPG) made by selective corrosion, or dealloying, serves as a model
system for the investigation of electrochemical and mechanical properties of nanomaterials …

Actuation by hydrogen electrosorption in hierarchical nanoporous palladium

S Shi, J Markmann, J Weissmüller - Philosophical Magazine, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We report a strategy for preparing macroscopic samples of nanoporous (np-) Pd by
electrochemical dealloying. Starting out with the master alloy, single-step dealloying in 1 M …