A novel method for preparing vertically grown single-crystalline gold nanowires
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Synthesis of Substrate-Bound Au Nanowires Via an Active Surface Growth Mechanism
Published on: July 18, 2018
Hsien-Tse Tung1, Jenn-Ming Song, Yung-Tang Nien
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
Abstract:
A surfactant-free, template-less and seed-less method, namely the thermal-assisted photoreduction (TAP) process, has been developed to synthesize vertically grown Au nanowires (30-80 nm in diameter and about 2 µm in length) on the surface of thin film titanium dioxide (TiO(2)), which is locally excited by blackbody radiation. The Au nanowires thus produced are single-crystalline with a preferred [Formula: see text] growth direction. The electrical behavior investigated using a nanomanipulation device indicates that the Au nanowires possess an excellent electrical resistivity of about 3.49 × 10(-8) Ω m.
