in this work the effects of various methods of agitation on the properties of electroless ni-p-mos2 composite coatings were investigated. magnetic stirring as well as purging the solution with gas (air, oxygen, nitrogen) were used. plating rate, chemical composition, mos2 distribution, and hardness of the deposit were measured. topography of coating was studied with metallography and scanning e...

Electroless cobalt films have been obtained by deposition using a plating bath containing two reducing agents: dimethylamineborane (DMAB) and sodium hypophosphite. This formulation allows spontaneous activation on copper followed by auto catalytic electroless plating. CoWBP and CoBP films are proposed as diffusion barriers and encapsulation layers, for copper lines and via contacts for ULSI int...

Sub-100-nm silicon nanohole arrays were fabricated by a combination of the site-selective electroless deposition of noble metals through anodic porous alumina and the subsequent metal-assisted chemical etching. Under optimum conditions, the formation of deep straight holes with an ordered periodicity (e.g., 100 nm interval, 40 nm diameter, and high aspect ratio of 50) was successfully achieved....

Rhenium Re –Me alloys where Me = Ni, Fe, or Co were deposited galvanostatically. The plating bath consisted of ammonium perrhenate, nickel or cobalt sulfamate, or iron sulfate, citric acid, and magnesium sulfamate. The effects of bath chemistry and deposition time on faradaic efficiency FE , Re content, and partial deposition currents were determined. Rhenium contents as high as 93 atom % or FE...

Despite having some useful properties, stainless steels suffer from lack of suitable surface hardness. In this research electroless Ni-B-Tl coating was used with the aim to increase their surface hardness. The effects of Nickel chloride, Sodium borohydride, Thallium nitrate and Ethylendiamin on the chemical composition of coating were studied. To achieve an increase in hardness, the effects of ...

While problems related to CO poisoning still exist for the anode, most of the efficiency loss (80%) in a fuel cell arises due to the cathode. Oxygen reduction at the cathode requires the largest amount of the catalyst in PEM fuel cells due to its lower activity. This problem needs to be solved before mass commercialization of fuel cells can be achieved. The specific objective is to synthesize n...

We present a novel method for producing complex metallic nanostructures of programmable design. DNA origami templates, modified to have DNA binding sites with a uniquely coded sequence, were adsorbed onto silicon dioxide substrates. Gold nanoparticles functionalized with the cDNA sequence were then attached. These seed nanoparticles were later enlarged, and even fused, by electroless deposition...

Porous biosilica from diatom frustules is well known for its peculiar optical and mechanical properties. In this work, gold-coated diatom frustules are used as low-cost, ready available, functional support for surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Due to the morphology of the nanostructured surface and the smoothness of gold deposition via an electroless process, an enhancement factor for the p-me...