Ionic-liquid-assisted formation of silver nanowires.
Down to the wire: A simple and effective method to synthesize silver nanowires through an ionic-liquid-assisted polyol process is developed (see scheme; scale bar=5 nm). The ionic liquids are tuned to provide the anisotropic growth of silver nanoparticles into nanowires.
Kim
Tae Young
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 5-1 Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 137-713, Korea.
Kim
Won Jung
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Hong
Seung Hyun
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Kim
Jong Eun
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Suh
Kwang S
KS