[Elaboration and physical properties of metallic nanowires fabricated by electrochemistry]

The template strategy combined with electrodeposition technique has been successfully used to produce nanoscaled objects in the cylindrical pores of track-etched polycarbonate membranes. Using this method, nanometer-sized metallic wires, superconducting nanowires and magnetic multilayers have been fabricated. These nanoscaled materials exhibit physical properties different from those found in the bulk. Fundamental and application interests of these systems are described in this paper