Transparent metal nanowire thin films prepared in mesostructured templates.
The preparation of conductive and transparent gold/silver nanowire mesh films is reported. The nanowires formed after the reduction of the metal ions was triggered and a thin growth solution film was spread on a substrate. Metal reduction progressed within a template of a highly concentrated surfactant liquid crystalline mesostructure formed on the substrate during film drying to form ordered bundles of ultrathin nanowires. The films exhibited metallic conductivity over large areas, high transparency, and flexibility.
Beverly and Raymond Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Wolfson Applied Materials Research Center, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Daniel
D
Azulai
Tatyana
T
Belenkova
Hagit
H
Gilon
Zahava
Z
Barkay
Gil
G
Markovich
D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D012834:Silver; D006046:Gold