The effects of lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) nano-particles on the electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties copper-based nanocomposites (Cu-LaB6) produced using microwave sintering (MS) spark plasma (SPS) processes were investigated in this study. Nano LaB6 particles reduced electrical conductivity Cu matrix via MS SPS by 20% 13%, respectively. Cu-LaB6 had lower thermal than unreinforced Cu...

By using CuO/graphene-oxide/CuO sandwich-like nanosheets as the building blocks, bulk nacre-inspired copper matrix nano-laminated composite reinforced by molecular-level dispersed and ordered reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with content as high as ∼45 vol% was fabricated via a combined process of assembly, reduction and consolidation. Thanks to nanoconfinement effect, reinforcing effect, as well a...

The present study revealed a surprising valence transformation of copper (Cu) in the sintering process of mixtures of copper chloride dihydrate (CuCl(2)·2H(2)O) with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) in ambient atmosphere. Such a transformation in Cu valence states can be modulated by changing the initial molar ratio (IMR) of CuCl(2)·2H(2)O to β-CD in the mixtures. Firstly, as the value of IMR decreased, t...

Cobalt ferrite, Copper ferrite and cobalt doped copper nanoparticles have been synthesized characterized using different characterization methods (XRD, FTIR FESEM). The prepared used as promising fillers of the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer. PVDF/(Cu–CoFe2O4, CoFe2O4, CuFe2O4) nanocomposites films via a simple solution casting technique. optical properties piezoelectric response nanoco...

Graphene has proved its significant role as a reinforcement material in improving the strength of polymers as well as metal matrix composites due to its excellent mechanical properties. In addition, graphene is also shown to block dislocation motion in a nanolayered metal-graphene composites resulting in ultra high strength. In the present paper, we demonstrate the synthesis of very hard Cu-Gra...

Sodium-ion batteries increasingly become of immense research interest as a potential inexpensive alternative to Lithium-ion batteries. Development of high-energy-density negative electrodes (anodes) remains to be a great challenge, especially because of significant differences between lithium and sodium chemistries. Two Na-ion anode materials - antimony (Sb) and phosphorus (P) - have been recen...

This paper presents a novel strategy for transient liquid phase bonding (TLPB) in three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D IC) integration that utilizes preformed Cu-Sn nanocomposite interlayer based on patterned copper nanowire array. unique significantly accelerates the process by ?10 times compared with traditional TLPB using monolithic Sn layer, thanks to Cu array grown through template-ass...

Joining based on transient liquid phase bonding (TLPB) has a great prospect in microelectronic packaging. However, this process is plagued with its low throughput. In work, we designed and utilised preformed Cu-Sn nanocomposite interlayer (Cu-Sn NI) to speed up the TLPB process. Comparing uses of Sn only, NI enabled be accelerated by >20 times. Furthermore, instead columnar Cu6Sn5 grains, inter...