title: Preparation and characterization of highly planar flexible silver crystal belts.
abstract: We report a novel simple one-pot strategy for fabricating pure and highly planar silver (Ag) crystal belts. Unique single-crystal Ag belts (high width-to-thickness ratio ~50) were successfully synthesized in high yield (80 wt%) by reducing AgNO3 using N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) as a reducing and a structure-determining agent in the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG) under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Material Chemistry Laboratory, Kawamura Institute of Chemical Research 631 Sakado, Sakura, Chiba 285-0078, Japan. hara@kicr.or.jp.
authors.forename: Dharmesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Varade
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haraguchi