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A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D
Published on: November 27, 2012
Superhydrophobic pure silver surface with flower-like structures by a facile galvanic exchange reaction with
Zongwei Cao1, Debao Xiao, Longtian Kang
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100080, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Superhydrophobic pure silver film composed of flower-like microstructures built by interconnected silver nanoplates on a copper plate without any modification was prepared by a facile galvanic exchange reaction between the aqueous [Ag(NH3)2]OH and the copper plate, giving rise to a contact angle as high as 157 degrees .
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