title: Co-continuous metal-ceramic nanocomposites.
abstract: A room temperature technique was developed to produce continuous metal nanowires embedded in random nanoporous ceramic skeletons. The synthesis involves preparation of uniform, nanoporous ceramic pre-forms and subsequent electrochemical metal infiltration at room temperature, so to avoid material incompatibilities frequently encountered in traditional high-temperature liquid metal infiltration. Structure and preliminary evaluations of mechanical and electronic properties of copper/alumina nanocomposites are reported.
authors.affiliation: Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. xfzhang@lbl.gov
authors.forename: Xiao Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harley
authors.forename: Lutgard C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: De Jonghe
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D004581:Electronics; D008670:Metals; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D003300:Copper; D000535:Aluminum; D000537:Aluminum Oxide