title: The growth of single crystal silver wires at the nitrobenzene|water interface.
abstract: Single crystal silver wires can be grown at the nitrobenzene|water interface when silver ions dissolved in the aqueous phase are reduced by decamethyl ferrocene dissolved in the nitrobenzene phase. The successful growth of these wires depends on a number of experimental conditions, most prominently on the concentration ratio of reactants, nucleation rates, shape of formed nuclei, and wettability of nuclei. The size-time dependence can be modeled on the basis of microelectrode behavior of the silver nuclei and wire. AFM, SEM, light microscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction has been applied to study the morphology of the silver nuclei and wires.
authors.affiliation: Universität Greifswald, Institut für Biochemie, Greifswald, Germany. hasse@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hasse
authors.forename: Gottfried J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Palm
authors.forename: Winfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hinrichs
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scholz
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D000075163:Metallocenes; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D000075163:Metallocenes; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D014867:Water; D012834:Silver; C036077:nitrobenzene; C004998:ferrocene