A Simple Route for Formation of Continuous Ni Nanoshells on Polymer Microspheres
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Dong-Hwang Chen; Chun Ting Wang; Szu Han Wu; Jia Peng Lin
- Source
- Chemistry Letters. 32:662-663
- Subject
- chemistry.chemical_classification
technology, industry, and agriculture
General Chemistry
Polymer
engineering.material
Nanoshell
Microsphere
Solvent
chemistry.chemical_compound
Reaction temperature
chemistry
Coating
Chemical engineering
Polymer chemistry
engineering
Ethylene glycol
- Language
- ISSN
- 1348-0715
0366-7022
Continuous Ni nanoshells of 1.2 nm-thick were successfully fabricated on polymer microspheres via a simple one-step process. The preferential coating of Ni on the surface of polymer microspheres was attributed to the use of ethylene glycol as a solvent and appropriate reaction temperature.