Nanoparticle-aggregated paddy-like copper dendritic nanostructures
- 16 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in CrystEngComm
- Vol. 13 (6), 1916-1921
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c0ce00257g
Abstract
In this paper, an HCuCl2 solution has been discovered for high-yield fabrication of paddy-like copper dendritic nanostructuresvia electroless deposition route. The morphology of the copper dendritic nanostructure is obviously better than that synthesized in CuCl2 aqueous solution under otherwise the same experimental conditions. The appearance of these novel paddy-like copper nanodendrites can be attributed to diffusion-limited aggregation and oriented attachment mechanism. The dendritic morphology can be tailored via physical field, such as thermal field and magnetic field. Significantly, the HCuCl2 solution reported in this work might provide a new way for the shape-controlled synthesis of metal copper or copper based alloy.Keywords
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