involving a plating process that is achieved by chemical, as opposed to electrical, means
Examples of 'electroless' in a sentence
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Electroless plating involves sensitization, activation, and plating processes.
Kyunbae Lee, Taehoon Kim, Sang Bok Lee, Byung Mun Jung 2019, 'Effect of Pretreatment on Magnetic Nanoparticle Growth on Graphene Surface and MagneticPerformance in Electroless Plating', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5602742. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At first, carbon steel samples were coated using galvanic or electroless nickel plating.
Milena Voderova, Pavel Novák 2013, 'PROTECTIVE LAYERS OF IRON AND NICKEL ALUMINIDES ON STEEL', Materiálové Inžinierstvohttp://ojs.mateng.sk/index.php/Mateng/article/view/81. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Then, the purified carbon nanotubes were coated with copper by the same electroless plating process.
Zhong Zheng, Lianjie Li, Shijie Dong, Anchun Xiao, Shixuan Sun, Sinian Li 2014, 'Effects of Two Purification Pretreatments on Electroless Copper Coating over Single-WalledCarbon Nanotubes', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/585983. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nickel-coated carbon nanofibers have been prepared by an electroless deposition process.
Susumu Arai, Morinobu Endo, Shinji Hashizume, Yasuho Shimojima 2004, 'Nickel-coated carbon nanofibers prepared by electroless deposition', Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248104002115. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Galvanic and bipolar cells were used to demonstrate the complexity of electroless deposition reactions.
Daniela Plana, Robert A.W. Dryfe 2013, 'Galvanic and bipolar cells as probes of electroless deposition: The Cu–dimethylamineborane system', Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248113003755. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The approaches investigated included micro-encapsulation with palladium and mixed-metal mantles using electroless plating.
Mario Williams, Mykhaylo Lototsky, Alexander Nechaev, Volodymyr Yartys, Jan K. Solberg,Roman V. Denys, Vladimir M. Linkov 2010, 'Palladium mixed-metal surface-modified AB5-type intermetallides enhance hydrogen sorptionkinetics', South African Journal of Sciencehttp://archive.sajs.co.za/index.php/SAJS/article/view/310. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The carbon nanofibers were pre-treated prior to the nickel electroless deposition.
Susumu Arai, Morinobu Endo, Shinji Hashizume, Yasuho Shimojima 2004, 'Nickel-coated carbon nanofibers prepared by electroless deposition', Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248104002115. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Electroless copper plating was carried out effectively on the modified films.
A. Abdel Aal, V.V. Khutoryanskiy, Z.S. Nurkeeva, G.A. Mun 2007, 'Optimization of Electroless Copper Plating on Polyethylene Films Modified by SurfaceGrafting of Vinyl Ether of Monoethanolamine', Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal http://ect-journal.kz/index.php/ectj/article/view/649. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this work, silicon nanowires were fabricated by metal-assisted electroless etching of silicon.
Soundarrajan Chandrasekaran, Thomas Nann, Nicolas H. Voelcker 2016, 'Silicon Nanowire Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production', Nanomaterialshttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/6/8/144. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)