Growth of CuO films on fibreglass by CVD process

To develop a novel material, constituted by cupric oxide (CuO) films deposited on fibreglass, we have used the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of 2,4-pentanedi onate copper (II), Cu(acac)2 as a precursor, and fibreglass as substrate. The resulting fibreglass with a film of CuO can be used either as a conducting fib- ber or an oxidation catalyst. Over the fibreglass, a polycrystallin e coating was observed, conformed by a continuous arrangement of 0.2-0.4 μm aggregates of CuO.