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Single crystal silver nanowires prepared by the metal amplification method

J. Appl. Phys. 91, 9341 (2002); doi:10.1063/1.1476071

Issue Date: 1 June 2002

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Mladen Barbic, Jack J. Mock, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0319
We present a method of fabricating single crystal silver nanowires based on the electroless deposition of silver into the pores of the polycarbonate membranes by the metal amplification process. A gold film on one side of the nanoporous membrane is used as the initiation layer for the silver crystal growth, while the pores of the membrane are used for guiding the growth of the silver crystal into a cylindrical nanostructure. Optical microscopy and spectroscopy of individual nanowires, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and TEM diffraction crystallography were used to characterize the silver nanostructures. The metal amplification technique presents an electroless, simple, and inexpensive solution to the challenge of fabricating silver nanowires for electronic, optical, and biological applications. ©2002 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 11 January 2002; accepted 13 March 2002
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PACS
  • 81.15.Pq
    Materials science Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy Electrodeposition, electroplating
  • 81.07.-b
    Materials science Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization
  • 81.16.-c
    Materials science Methods of nanofabrication and processing
  • 61.46.+w
    Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals
  • 78.67.-n
    Optical properties, condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of radiation and particles with condensed matter Optical properties of nanoscale materials and structures
  • 68.37.Lp
    Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and low-dimensional systems (structure and nonelectronic properties) Microscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (including STEM, HRTEM, etc.)
  • 82.39.Wj
    Physical chemistry and chemical physics Chemical kinetics in biological systems Ion exchange, dialysis, osmosis, electro-osmosis, membrane processes
  • 82.33.Ln
    Physical chemistry and chemical physics Reactions in various media Reactions in sol gels, aerogels, porous media
  • YEAR: 2002

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