Methods for fabricating metal nanowires

摘要: Methods for the preparation of long, dimensionally uniform, metallic nanowires that are removable from surface on which they synthesized. The methods include selective electrodeposition metal at step edges present a stepped surface, such as graphite, an aqueous solution containing or oxide. Where oxide is first deposited, reduced via gas phase reduction elevated temperatures to nanowires. Alternatively, beaded hybrid comprising A into nanoparticles B have been inserted may be prepared by electrodepositing selectively along capping these with molecular layer organic ligand, selectivley nanowire segments between and then heating under reducing conditions remove ligand layer. In all three methods, removed embedding wires in polymer film, peeling this film embedded off surface.