Barcena, JorgeMaudes, JonColeto, JavierBaldonedo, Juan L.Gomez de Salazar, Jose M.2008-05Barcena , J , Maudes , J , Coleto , J , Baldonedo , J L & Gomez de Salazar , J M 2008 , ' Microstructural study of vapour grown carbon nanofibre/copper composites ' , Composites Science and Technology , vol. 68 , no. 6 , pp. 1384-1391 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.11.0120266-3538Vapour grown carbon nanofibres from different manufacturers have been incorporated into copper in order to obtain metal-matrix composites with high volume fraction of reinforcement. The manufacturing route involved copper deposition by the electroless plating technique and further hot-pressing of the composite powders. A material with porosity less than 1% was obtained. The microstructure was investigated by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. After hot-pressing the carbon nanofibres were seen to be homogeneously dispersed in the matrix and showed a random planar distribution. Despite the poor wetting between copper and carbon, the Cu/C interface formed was continuous. The matrix was composed of grains in the nanometric range, suggesting that the nanofibres act as grain growth inhibitors.8enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessjournal article10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.11.012A. Metal-matrix composites (MMCs)A. NanocompositesD. Scanning/transmission electron microscopyE. SinteringVapour grown carbon nanofibresCeramics and CompositesGeneral Engineeringhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=40649123000&partnerID=8YFLogxK