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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Liming Dai, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Liangti Qu, Kettering, OH (US);
Inventors:
Liming Dai, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Liangti Qu, Kettering, OH (US);
Assignee:
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electroless deposition method of depositing metal nanoparticles onto conductive substrates such as carbon nanotubes is provided. The carbon nanotubes are provided on a support comprising a metal substrate and then immersed in an aqueous solution containing metal ions. The metal substrate metal has a redox potential which is lower than that of the metal ions in solution such that the metal ions are readily reduced into metal nanoparticles on the carbon nanotubes.