'Chrysanthemum petal' arrangements of silver nano wires.
Highly ordered 'Chrysanthemum petal' arrangements of silver nano wires were fabricated in a biodegradable polymer of polyvinyl alcohol using a simple one-step blending method without any template. The degree of the arrangement increased with the decreasing content of polyvinyl alcohol. The mechanism for the formation of these 'Chrysanthemum petal' arrangements was discussed specifically. These 'Chrysanthemum petal' arrangements will be helpful to increase the electrical conductivity of silver nano wires films.
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka 567, Japan.
Hui-Wang
HW
Cui
Jin-Ting
JT
Jiu
Tohru
T
Sugahara
Shijo
S
Nagao
Katsuaki
K
Suganuma
Hiroshi
H
Uchida