Nanotubule formation by heterogeneous nucleation of silver along etched nuclear tracks in polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

A. Petrov1, D. Fink2, M. Muller2, I. Sieber2, M. Wilhelm3, N. Stolterfoht2, R. Papaleo4,5, A. Schulz6, J. Vacik7, J. Cervena7, V. Hnatowicz7, L.T. Chadderton8, A.S. Berdinsky9, W. Fahrner10
1Institute of Solid State and Semiconductor Physics NAS Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
2Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Berlin, Germany
3Hahn - Meitner-Institut, Berlin, Germany
4Institute da Fisica, PUC and UFRGS, Brazil
5Instituto da Fisica, PUC and UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
6SDK-Technik GmbH, Quedlinburg, Germany
7Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Republic
8Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
9Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
10Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Fernuniversität Hagen, Hagen, Germany

Tóm tắt

Silver nanotubules of 10 /spl mu/m length and 0.2 to 0.5 /spl mu/m diameter were formed by chemical deposition of Ag onto the inner walls of etched tracks in polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The tubule evolution, beginning with silver nucleation from supersaturated solution, proceeding via Ag crystallite growth, and ending with formation of a continuous cylindrical metal film, is characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and ion transmission spectrometry (ITS). We compare silver nanotubule formation in tracks with different nucleation centre densities.

Từ khóa

#Silver #Etching #Insulation life #Positron emission tomography #Production #Polymers #Polyethylene #Physics #Scanning electron microscopy #Nanostructured materials

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