Electroless nickel plating on silicon carbide nanoparticles

By a simple and controlled method, that is, by electroless plating, nickel has been deposited on the surfaces of silicon carbon nanoparticles. Energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) spectra show that pre-treatments of the silicon carbide nanoparticles have an important influence on the effect of electroless nickel plating. Transmission electron microscopy images and EDS spectra of silicon carbide nanoparticles before and after electroless nickel plating reveal that nickel has been deposited on the surface of silicon carbide nanoparticles and the deposited nickel and silicon carbide nanoparticles are bound tightly.