Hierarchical assembly of CuO nano-dandelions on 3-D printed template

Md Didarul Islam, Hamad Al Yassi, Mengyao Dong, Daniel S. Choi, Ilwoo Seok, Chuntai Liu, Zhanhu Guo, Jong Eun Ryu

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Abstract

We report a two-phase chemical synthesis of various copper (Cu) nanostructures throughout complex 3-dimensional (3-D) printed substrates. We present dandelion-like CuO nano-rods grown on a 3-D model. 1 mm x 1 mm x 10 mm bars are cross-stacked to form a cubic log-pile structure. Ni thin-film was electrolessly deposited, and subsequently Cu layer was electroplated on the 3-D log-pile structure. In order to grow nanostructures, the Cu layer was reacted with an alkali solution (NH4OH). The surface morphology and chemistry were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX).

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)86-89
Number of pages4
JournalEngineered Science
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Keywords

  • 3-D print
  • Hierarchical nanostructure
  • Nano-dandelions

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