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Controlled synthesis of uniform silver nanowires with high aspect ratios in aqueous solutions of gemini surfactant

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A simple solution-phase approach has been demonstrated for the large-scale synthesis of silver nanowires with diameters in the range of 15–25 nm, and lengths usually in the range of tens of micrometers. In the presence of gemini surfactant 1,3-bis(cetyldimethylammonium) propane dibromide (16-3-16), the growth of silver could be directed into a highly anisotropic mode to form uniform nanowires with aspect ratios up to about 2,000. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), electron diffraction (ED), and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, were used to characterize the as-prepared silver nanowires, indicating the formation of a highly pure phase, good crystallinity, as well as a uniform diameter.

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    Xu Jian, Liu Weijun, Liu Honglai & Hu Ying

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Xu, J., Liu, W., Liu, H. et al. Controlled synthesis of uniform silver nanowires with high aspect ratios in aqueous solutions of gemini surfactant. Front. Chem. Eng. China 1, 221–227 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-007-0040-6

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