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

Author

Petrov, Alexander ; Fink, Dietmar ; Muller, Manfred ; Sieber, I. ; Wilhelm, M. ; Stolterfoht, Nikolas ; Papaleo, R. ; Schulz, A. ; Vacik, J. ; Cervena, J. ; Hnatowicz, V. ; Chadderton, Lewis T. ; Berdinsky, Alexander S. ; Fahrner, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Solid State & Semicond. Phys., NAS Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

1-5 July 2002

Abstract

Silver nanotubules of 10 μm length and 0.2 to 0.5 μm 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.

Keywords

nanotubes; nucleation; scanning electron microscopy; silver; 0.2 to 0.5 micron; 10 micron; Ag; chemical deposition; continuous cylindrical metal film; crystallite growth; etched nuclear tracks; heterogeneous nucleation; ion transmission spectrometry; nanotubule formation; nucleation centre densities; polyethylene terephthalate; scanning electron microscopy; silver nanotubules; supersaturated solution; tubule evolution; Etching; Insulation life; Nanostructured materials; Physics; Polyethylene; Polymers; Positron emission tomography; Production; Scanning electron microscopy; Silver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices and Materials, 2002. Proceedings. 3rd Annual 2002 Siberian Russian Workshop on

Print_ISBN

5-7782-0380-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SREDM.2002.1024301

Filename

1024301