Issue 85, 2016, Issue in Progress

Solvothermal fabrication of thin Ag nanowires assisted with AAO

Abstract

Single crystalline thin silver nanowires with a diameter of ∼45 nm were synthesized using a solvothermal method assisted with an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. AAO here is not playing a role as a hard template but as a heterogeneous medium whose porous structure can promote PVP molecules to form into a one dimensional template. This soft template can effectively guide the growth of Ag nanowires and thus reduce the reaction time considerably. We further investigated the influences of reaction time, temperature and ratio of PVP to AgNO3 on the formation of Ag nanowires by SEM and UV-Vis absorption spectra characterization. The reaction mechanism was also demonstrated by TEM analysis. Our work may provide a better way to control the synthesis of metallic nanostructures in chemical solution.

Graphical abstract: Solvothermal fabrication of thin Ag nanowires assisted with AAO

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Jul 2016
Accepted
16 Aug 2016
First published
24 Aug 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 82238-82243

Solvothermal fabrication of thin Ag nanowires assisted with AAO

M. Song, X. He, C. Zhang, M. Chen, C. Huang, F. Chen and H. Qiu, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 82238 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA17688G

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