Epitaxial Growth of Nickel(II) Hydroxide on layer Silicate and Derived Nickel-(Layer Silicate) Nanocomposite

Abstract

Nickel(II) hydroxide crystals were deposited on a substrate of layer silicates from the liquid phase by decomposing nickel(II) ammine complex solutions dispersed with expandable layer silicates; the (001) planes of the nickel(II) hydroxide aligned parallel to the basal (001) plane of the layer silicates. From these layer silicate complexes with nickel(II) hydroxide, nickel-coated layer silicate composite particulates were derived. Moreover, metal–ceramics alloys, composed of nickel containing uniformly dispersed layer silicates several tens of angstroms in thickness, were produced by sintering the metal-coated ceramic powders.