Preparation of low-dimensional carbon material-based metal nanocomposites using a polarizable organic/water interface

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2679-2687

  Toth, Peter S ^a   Haigh, Sarah J ^b   Rabiu, Aminu K ^a   Rodgers, Andrew N J ^a   Rakowski, Alexander M ^b   Dryfe, Robert A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nanostructure; Raman spectroscopy; SEM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON FILMS; ELECTROLYTES; FILM PREPARATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MULTILAYER FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRECIOUS METALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; IMMISCIBLE ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; IMPREGNATION METHODS; INTERFACIAL ASSEMBLY; INTERFACIAL DEPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84944176834     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.250     Document Type: Article

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