Ultrasonic-assisted fabrication of highly dispersed copper/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanowires

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 342, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 132-135

  Peng, Yitian ^a   Chen, Quanfang ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroless copper plating; Multi walled carbon nanotube; Nanowires; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER PLATING; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROPLATING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROLESS COPPER DEPOSITIONS; ELECTROLESS COPPER PLATING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPIES; INTERFACIAL BONDINGS; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; SEM; TEM; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPPER; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 65649120808     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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