Structural and Optical Investigation of Copper Nanoparticle and Microfiber Produced by Using Carbon Nanotube as Templates

Author

Feng, Zhe Chuan ; XUE, Bin ; CHEN, Ping ; LIN, Jianyi ; LU, Weijie

Author_Institution

Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106-17, Taiwan, ROC, e-mail: zcfeng@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

17-20 June 2006

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

230

Abstract

Copper nanoparticles and microfibers have been prepared by solid state reaction using carbon nanotube (CNT) as template. Their structural and optical properties were investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction (XRD). With the variation of the ratio of Cu to CNT, interesting Raman spectral shifts and intensity variation are observed, and a broad photoluminescence background is arisen. XRD revealed the contraction of the Cu lattice constant in the formation of nanoparticles and microfibers.

Keywords

Cu nanoparticle; Raman scattering; SEM; X-ray diffraction; carbon nanotube; Carbon nanotubes; Copper; Electron optics; Nanoparticles; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Scanning electron microscopy; Solid state circuits; Transmission electron microscopy; X-ray scattering; Cu nanoparticle; Raman scattering; SEM; X-ray diffraction; carbon nanotube;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0077-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2006.247615

Filename

1717065