title: Disproportionation for growing copper nanowires and their controlled self-assembly facilitated by ligand exchange.
abstract: The coating makes the wire bundle: High-quality free-standing copper nanowires have been successfully produced by disproportionation of Cu(+)  in oleylamine. This provides an effective way to prepare high-quality copper nanowires, but also enriches synthetic routes to other nanostructures. These copper nanowires can self-assemble by surface ligand exchange of oleylamine with trioctylphosphine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, 3 Research Link, A*STAR, Singapore 117602, Singapore.
authors.forename: Enyi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Shuang-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shuhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ming-Yong
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D008024:Ligands; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C044965:trioctyl phosphine oxide; D003300:Copper; C008703:oleylamine