title: Fabrication of very high aspect ratio metal nanowires by a self-propulsion mechanism.
abstract: A novel synthesis method of very high aspect ratio metal nanowires is described. The synthesis utilizes a nanoporous membrane as a template and self-electrophoresis as a directed force that continuously push formed nanowires out of the pores in a rate that is identical to the rate of their elongation. As a result, while the pores of membranes are only 6 microm long, the formed nanowires could be more than 100 microm long.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Rona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharabani
authors.forename: Saada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reuveni
authors.forename: Gilad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noy
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shapira
authors.forename: Shira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadeh
authors.forename: Yoram
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Selzer