Abstract
The development of nanostructured materials is an important step in tuning the reactivity and selectivity of modern catalysts and electrodes. Here, electrochemical reduction is used to create pores, wires and networks from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases. Using platinum single crystal substrates it is possible to control the internal structure of the pore as well as that of the interstitial surface. By varying specific deposition conditions the diameter, depth and frequency of the templated structures can be controlled. Results from techniques such as cyclic voltammetry (cv), small angle x-ray spectroscopy (SAXS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are presented.