5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FRONTIERS OF PLASMA PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY

18-22 April 2011, Singapore, Republic of Singapore


A NOVEL SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUE FOR THE FABRICATION OF NANOSTRUCTURES COMBINING ATMOSPHERIC MICROPLASMA DISCHARGE AND ELECTRODEPOSITION

A. Bisht, P. Lee and R. S. Rawat

NSSE, NIE, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616


Abstract.  Electrodeposition into the pores of AAO (Anodic Alumina) membranes has long been utilized for the preparation of metallic, semiconducting and polymeric, nanowires and nanotubes arrays. Meanwhile atmospheric plasma discharges in reduced dimensions also known as Atmospheric Microplasma discharge have been shown to cause reduction of aqueous metal salts to produce colloidal dispersion of nanoparticles. They have become popular because of their small size, ease of working and stable operation at atmospheric pressure. In the present work we have combined Electrodeposition and Atmospheric Microplasma techniques to fabricate nanostructures of metals using aqueous acidic metal salt solutions.

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