Structural analysis of electrodeposited copper microstructures fabricated through template synthesis.

The electrochemical template synthesis of high aspect ratio copper microcylinders in the track-etch membranes of polycarbonate having nominal pore size of 800, 600 and 200 nm is considered. The morphological and structural analyses have been carried out through scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The X-ray diffraction studies reveal that the material has FCC lattice structure with a high texture coefficient for (200) planes. Regardless of the nominal pore-size of the template membrane, the texturing has been found to decrease significantly when the electrolyte temperature during fabrication is increased from 30 to 60 °C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]