Synthesis and characterization of L12 ordered silvercopper alloy nanodendrites

Materials Research Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lei, Yimin ^a,b   Chen, Fuyi ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Liu, Zongwen ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Electrochemical; L12 ordered AgCu; Nanodendrite; TEM

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; REDUCTION; SUPERCONDUCTING TAPES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION METHODS; L12 ORDERED AGCU; NANODENDRITE; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; SILVER-COPPER ALLOYS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 84929474448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/1/1/015031     Document Type: Article

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