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Hierarchical Structures: Macroscopic‐Scale Alignment of Ultralong Ag Nanowires in Polymer Nanofiber Mat and Their Hierarchical Structures by Magnetic‐Field‐Assisted Electrospinning (Small 19/2012)
Author(s) -
Zhang ChuanLing,
Lv KongPeng,
Hu NaiYin,
Yu Le,
Ren XiFeng,
Liu ShiLin,
Yu ShuHong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201290102
Subject(s) - electrospinning , nanowire , materials science , nanofiber , polymer , nanotechnology , nanoscopic scale , magnetic field , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics
A facile approach to align Ag nanowires (AgNWs) on a macroscopic scale via a magnetic‐field‐assisted electrospinning technique is developed by S.‐H. Yu and co‐workers. The AgNWs assembled within the polymer fibers are arranged in parallel and can be further aligned by controlling the arrangement of the fibers into hierarchical structures, as described on page 2936 . This method may provide a general way to assemble other nanowires within polymer nanofibers with controllable density on a macroscopic scale, especially for the combination of inorganic nanowires as fillers or functional components with flexible polymers.