Preparation of Micro-sized Ni-P alloy Tube by Electroless Plating on PAN Fiber/Pd Nanoparticle Using a Drying Process

Abstract

Micro-sized Ni-P alloy tube was fabricated by electroless plating on polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber with μm sized diameter as a template. PAN fiber was loaded with Pd nanoparticles using a drying process and Ni-P alloy was deposited on the Pd nanoparticles loaded on PAN surface in an electroless Ni plating solution, and finally PAN fiber was thermally decomposed resulting micro-sized Ni-P alloy tube. The tube was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and elemental analysis via energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis confirmed that the micro-sized tube was composited with Ni: P = 94.3 : 5.7 atomic %.