Cu Particles Deposition onto MWCNTs by Chemical Reaction
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kyeong Hwan Choe; Jung Kyu Lim; Won Sik Lee; Gue Serb Cho; Hoon Jang
- Source
- Materials Science Forum. 695:211-214
- Subject
- Materials science
Mechanical Engineering
Composite number
Condensed Matter Physics
Chemical reaction
Suspension (chemistry)
Mechanics of Materials
General Materials Science
Wetting
Copper chloride
Composite material
Dispersion (chemistry)
Ball mill
Deposition (law)
- Language
- ISSN
- 1662-9752
CNTs were decorated with Cu particles to decrease floatation of CNTs and improve the wettability between CNTs and Al melt by chemical reaction method. The as-received size of multi-wall CNTs with 99.5% purity was 10~20nm in diameter and 20um in length. Before Cu deposition, the purified CNTs were suspended in solvent solution and ultrasonically stirred to improve the dispersion of CNTs in the copper chloride solution. The metallic Zn and Zn/CNTs composite powders were added into the suspension to precipitate Cu onto the CNTs surface. The Cu deposited CNTs have been characterized in respect of dispersion and size changes of CNTs and Cu particles with field emission scanning electron microscopy(FESEM). The deposited Cu particles onto the CNTs surface were in the range of 100~300nm in diameter. Also, the application of high ultrasonic treatment improved the full coverage of CNTs surface with Cu nanoparticles. From this study, the multi-wall CNTs have been deposited and embedded with Cu particles by chemical reduction process.