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Synthesis of silver sulfide nanowires in ethylene glycol through a sacrificial templating route

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In this study, Ag2S nanowires were prepared in ethylene glycol using single-crystal silver nanowires as a sacrificial templating and choosing suitable sulfur sources for the sulfuration reaction. X-ray powder diffraction and a transmission electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analysis were used to characterize the products. The results indicated Ag2S nanowires with diameters of about one hundred nanometers and lengths up to several micrometers could be obtained through this method. The selected area electron diffraction pattern and high-resolution transmission electron microscope imaging indicated that the Ag2S nanowires thus formed were crystalline.

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Original Russian Text © Shancheng Yan, Yuping Zhang, Yong Zhang, and Zhongdang Xiao, 2009, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 231–234.

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Yan, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y. et al. Synthesis of silver sulfide nanowires in ethylene glycol through a sacrificial templating route. Inorg Mater 45, 193–197 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168509020150

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