METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONTINUOUS LONG METAL NANOTUBE AND LONG METAL NANOTUBE PRODUCED BY THE METHOD

• Main Authors: TSUTSUMI HIROMORI, MACHIDA SATOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.02.2010
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF; METALLURGY; NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS,MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES ASDISCRETE UNITS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a metal nanotube, in which a long metal nanotube is adjusted by using an fiber extended one dimensionally by an electric field spinning method. SOLUTION: The method for producing the metal nanotube comprises adjusting a nanofiber by electric field spinning, then covering the surface of the nanofiber with a metal layer by electroless plating, and removing the fiber by heating it. A polymethyl methacrylate is used for the nanofiber, and Ni is used for the metal layer for covering the nanofiber. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT