Constructions of silver nanowires and copper oxide microrings by a surface-formation technique.
We demonstrate a simple method to synthesize silver wires by thermal reduction of aqueous AgNO(3) droplet with catalytic anatase TiO(2) nanoparticles which were spin-coated on Si wafer. Structural characterization of the silver wires shows that the nanowires grow primarily along the [011] direction. SEM image of the silver wires clearly shows the catalytic TiO(2) nano-cluster attached to the end of the each silver wire. Since the process was surfactant-free, the silver nanowires prepared by our method retain the excellent electrical conductivity. The intrinsic resistivity calculated from the current-voltage curve for a wire with 12880.41 nm(2) cross-section area was 18.72 microohm cm, which is about 11.6 times higher than that of bulk silver (1.61 microohm cm). Our simple method can be also applied to generate CuO with ring-shaped microstructure by using ITO conducting glass as matrix. We have found that the size and reproducibility are well-controllable. A single phase of CuO ring-shaped microstructure with outer diameters ranging from approximately 13 to 17 microm and inner diameters ranging from approximately 1.4 to 3.3 microm was obtained. The composition of CuO microring was confirmed by thin-film XRD and XPS analyses.
Dong
Teng-Yuan
TY
Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. dty@faculty.nsysu.edu.tw
Chen
Chen-Ni
CN
Wang
Ching-Wen
CW
Chen
Wei-Ting
WT
Chen
Chiao-Pei
CP
Lin
Shu-Fan
SF
Hsieh
Shuchen
S
Hsieh
Chiung-Wen
CW
Song
Jenn-Ming
JM
Chen
In-Gann
IG
Tung
Hsien-Tse
HT
Kao
Tzu-Hsuan
TH