Abstract
A self-seeding process is used to generate bicrystalline silver nanowires by reducing AgNO3 with ethylene glycol at ∼160 °C. The key to the success of this solution-phase approach is the use of a polymeric "coordination reagent" capable of controlling the growth rates of different faces of silver. Uniform nanowires (see Figure) could be routinely synthesized with diameters of ∼60 nm and lengths up to ∼50 μm.
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Materials scienceSeedingEthylene glycolNanowireNanotechnologyPolyolReagentChemical engineeringPolyurethaneComposite materialOrganic chemistry
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- 14
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- 11
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- 833-833
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Yugang Sun,
Younan Xia
(2002).
Large-Scale Synthesis of Uniform Silver Nanowires Through a Soft, Self-Seeding, Polyol Process.
Advanced Materials
, 14
(11)
, 833-833.
https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4095(20020605)14:11<833::aid-adma833>3.0.co;2-k
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- 10.1002/1521-4095(20020605)14:11<833::aid-adma833>3.0.co;2-k