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A Simple Hydrothermal Route to Large‐Scale Synthesis of Uniform Silver Nanowires
Author(s) -
Wang Zhenghua,
Liu Jianwei,
Chen Xiangying,
Wan Junxi,
Qian Yitai
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200400705
Subject(s) - hydrothermal circulation , simple (philosophy) , materials science , nanowire , nanotechnology , hydrothermal synthesis , scale (ratio) , chemical engineering , physics , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics
This paper describes the preparation of uniform silver nanowires by reducing freshly prepared silver chloride with glucose at 180 °C for 18 hours in the absence of any surfactants or polymers. Scanning electron microscopy studies indicated that the silver nanowires are about 100 nm in diameter and up to 500 μm in length. High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy analyses showed that the silver nanowires grow perpendicularly to the Ag(200) plane. The silver nanowires are believed to grow through a solid–solution–solid process. Some influential factors on the growth of silver nanowires are also discussed.