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Template‐directed synthesis of hybrid nanowires and nanorods
Author(s) -
Yuan Jiayin,
Walther Andreas,
Müller Axel H. E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.201046176
Subject(s) - nanorod , nanowire , materials science , nanotechnology , nanostructure , rod , fabrication , polymer , aqueous solution , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Recently, one‐dimensional (1D) nanostructures, such as wires, rods, tubes, etc., have attracted considerable attention due to their unique shape‐ and size‐dependant properties and many potential applications. Template‐directed synthesis is a powerful and widely used method to prepare 1D objects. As robust unimolecular template, cylindrical polymer brushes have been exploited for the fabrication of various hybrid nanowires and nanorods, for instance, γ‐Fe 2 O 3 , CdS, CdSe, TiO 2 , silica, Au, Te, etc. As a key advantage of this polymeric templating, the obtained 1D hybrid nanostructures are colloidally stable in solution, facilitating their further solution processing.Cryo‐TEM image of organo‐silica hybrid nanowires in aqueous solution (the inset shows a cartoon of the structure).