Nanoporous templates have been developed and fabricated employing technology based on heavy ion bombardment and track etching of polymer films or polymer layers deposited on substrates; an alternative and unique tool based on the adaptation of an atomic force microscopy has been also developed to elaborate nanotemplates with pores of ultra-small dimensions down to a few nanometers. Different types of nano-objects elaborated using these templates have been further characterized regarding their specific properties: spin dependent phenomena in magnetic nano-objects (GMR, TMR, spin filtering, magneto-Coulomb effect. spin transfer torque phenomena), microwave properties of ferromagnetic nanowires arrays, optical properties of confined emitting polymer and biomedical applications of magnetic (Ni) and Ni/Au composite nanowires. Potential application of magnetic nanowire arrays has been also considered in sensor for automotive contact-less positioning system. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ferain, E., & Legras, R. (2009). Templates for engineered nano-objects for use in microwave, electronic devices and biomedical sensing application. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 267(6), 1028-1031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.02.013 (Original work published 2009)