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A Novel Method of Synthesis of Dense Arrays of Aligned Single Crystalline Copper Nanotubes Using Electrodeposition in the Presence of a Rotating Electric Field
Author(s) -
Venkata Kamalakar M.,
Raychaudhuri A. K.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200700430
Subject(s) - materials science , copper , electric field , nanotube , nanotechnology , carbon nanotube , porosity , membrane , field (mathematics) , chemical engineering , composite material , metallurgy , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , biology , pure mathematics , engineering , genetics
Copper nanotube arrays are synthesized by electrodeposition of copper into the porous alumina membranes in presence of a lateral rotating electric field. A computer simulation of the experiment gives the insight of growth mechanism. In principle, this method can be applied to synthesize nanotube arrays of all such materials which can be electrodeposited.