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Electroless Nanocomposite Coatings: Synthesis, Characteristics, and Applications

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This chapter presents an overview of electroless (EL) Ni–P nanocomposite coatings, focusing on their preparation, challenges, and issues on particle incorporation in the metal matrix in terms of dispersibility of nanoparticles in the plating bath, interaction between the nanoparticles and the EL Ni–P matrix during deposition, influence of incorporation of nanoparticles on the characteristics of EL Ni–P nanocomposite coatings, and applications of EL Ni–P nanocomposite coatings.

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  1. Department of Dental Biomaterials and Institute of Biodegradable Materials, Institute of Oral Bioscience and BK21 Plus Program, School of Dentistry, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

    Sankara Narayanan T.S.N. & Min Ho Lee

  2. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

    S. K. Seshadri

  3. Division of Advanced Materials Engineering and Institute of Biodegradable Materials, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

    Il Song Park

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Narayanan T.S.N., S., Seshadri, S.K., Park, I.S., Lee, M.H. (2016). Electroless Nanocomposite Coatings: Synthesis, Characteristics, and Applications. In: Aliofkhazraei, M., Makhlouf, A. (eds) Handbook of Nanoelectrochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15266-0_48

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