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Ordering of Disordered Nanowires: Spontaneous Formation of Highly Aligned, Ultralong Ag Nanowire Films at Oil–Water–Air Interface

  1. Hong-Yan Shi1,
  2. Bo Hu1,
  3. Xiao-Chun Yu2,
  4. Rong-Li Zhao2,
  5. Xi-Feng Ren3,
  6. Shi-Lin Liu2,
  7. Jian-Wei Liu1,
  8. Mei Feng1,
  9. An-Wu Xu1,
  10. Shu-Hong Yu1,*

Article first published online: 4 MAR 2010

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200901668

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Advanced Functional Materials

Advanced Functional Materials

Volume 20, Issue 6, pages 958–964, March 24, 2010

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Shi, H.-Y., Hu, B., Yu, X.-C., Zhao, R.-L., Ren, X.-F., Liu, S.-L., Liu, J.-W., Feng, M., Xu, A.-W. and Yu, S.-H. (2010), Ordering of Disordered Nanowires: Spontaneous Formation of Highly Aligned, Ultralong Ag Nanowire Films at Oil–Water–Air Interface. Adv. Funct. Mater., 20: 958–964. doi: 10.1002/adfm.200901668

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui 230026 (PR China)

  2. 2

    Department of Chemical Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui 230026 (PR China)

  3. 3

    Key Laboratory of Quantum Information University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui 230026 (PR China)

*Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui 230026 (PR China).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 MAR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 4 MAR 2010
  3. Manuscript Received: 5 SEP 2009

Funded by

  • National Basic Research Program of China. Grant Number: 2010CB934700
  • Program of International S & T Cooperation. Grant Number: S2010GR0314
  • National Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 50732006, 20671085
  • Partner Group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Max Planck Society

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Keywords:

  • films;
  • interfaces;
  • nanowires;
  • self-assembly;
  • silver

Abstract

One-dimensional nanomaterials and their assemblies attract considerable scientific interest in the physical, chemical, and biological fields because of their potential applications in electronic and optical devices. The interface-assembly method has become an important route for the self-assembly of nanoparticles, nanosheets, nanotubes, and nanorods, but the self-assembly of ultralong nanowires has only been successful using the Langmuir–Blodgett approach. A novel approach for the spontaneous formation of highly aligned, ultralong Ag nanowire films at the oil–water–air interface is described. In this approach, the three-phase interface directs the movement and self-assembly process of the ultralong Ag nanowires without the effect of an external force or complex apparatus. The ordered films exhibit intrinsic large electromagnetic fields that are localized in the interstitials between adjacent nanowires. This new three-phase-interface approach is proven to be a general route that can be extended to self-assemble other ultralong nanowires and produce ordered films.

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