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The effects of nanoparticle shape on electrical conductivity of Ag nanomaterials

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Silver nanomaterials have a wide application in printed electronics due to their excellent electrical conductivity. However, less studies were done to investigate the effects of nanoparticle shape on conductance. In this work, silver nanocubes with edge length of 45 nm and silver nanospheres with the same diameter of 45 nm were successfully prepared via polyol synthesis, and then characterized by scan electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry and dynamic light scattering. Subsequently, the electric conductivities of pastes filled with Ag nanocubes and Ag nanospheres were measured using four point probe resistance measurement by coating on glasses, the result of which showed that, the conductance of Ag nanospheres paste was much superior to that of Ag nanocubes paste with the same silver content and with or without the same mass ratio of m(Ag)/m(PVP). The possible underlying mechanism was further deeply analyzed.

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This work was financially supported by Chinese Natural Science Foundation project (No. 31300820), Beijing Municipal Commission of Education project (No. 18190114/006), Key project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 91123034), National Key Technology R&D program (No. 2012BAF13B05), a National Distinguished Young Scholars Grant (No. 31225009) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the “Strategic Priority Research Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No. XDA09030301.

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  1. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Printed Electronics, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing, 102600, People’s Republic of China

    Lu Han, Yu-Xia Zhao, Cheng-Mei Liu, Lu-Hai Li & Yen Wei

  2. CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China

    Xing-Jie Liang

  3. Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Yen Wei

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Han, L., Zhao, YX., Liu, CM. et al. The effects of nanoparticle shape on electrical conductivity of Ag nanomaterials. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 25, 3870–3877 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-2101-1

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