Biomimetic strategies in colloidal-electrochemical deposition of functional materials and composites using chenodeoxycholic acid

For the first time thin films of chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCH) were electrodeposited from sodium chenodeoxycholate (CDCNa) solutions potentiodynamically and by constant voltage deposition. The proposed deposition method was based on pH-dependent gel-forming properties of CDCH. CDCNa was found to be an efficient anionic surfactant for electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of carbon materials, such as submicrometre diamond, nanodiamond, carbon …