Electrodeposition of noble metal nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes

A study was conducted to demonstrate that noble metals could be deposited on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) sidewalls under direct potential control, where the nanotube acts as a nonsacrificial template for the deposition clusters. The main observations were that the metal clusters could be deposited on the SWNT sidewalls under potential control and the particle size and surface coverage could be tuned with potential, deposition time and metal salt concentration.