Electrodeposition: Electrocarving during Electrodeposition Growth (Adv. Mater. 51/2018)

The controllable electrochemical fabrication of well-defined silver-oxide clathrate micro-/nanostructures is realized by Shikuan Yang and co-workers in article number 1805686 by intentionally manipulating the previously neglected electrocarving process during electrodeposition growth (MEDEG). The dominance of the electrocarving and the electrodeposition growth process can be immediately manipulated by varying the deposition voltage and/or the composition of the electrolyte, enabling controllable synthesis of micro-/nanostructures of various materials directly on a substrate.