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Nanowire Arrays Electrodeposited from Liquid Crystalline Phases
Author(s) -
Huang L.M.,
Wang H.T.,
Wang Z.B.,
Mitra A.,
Bozhilov K.N.,
Yan Y.S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(20020104)14:1<61::aid-adma61>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - materials science , nanowire , liquid crystalline , deposition (geology) , hexagonal crystal system , sonication , nanotechnology , phase (matter) , electric field , liquid crystal , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , crystallography , paleontology , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , sediment , engineering , biology
Crystalline silver nanowire arrays (see Figure) with high aspect ratio are produced here by electrodeposition from a reverse hexagonal liquid‐crystalline phase. Enhancement of the alignment is shown to be possible by applying a high electric field gradient during deposition. High‐density bundles can be obtained by washing the deposited material and single wires can easily be retrieved by sonication of these bundles.