‘Chrysanthemum petal’ arrangements of silver nano wires

Highly ordered ‘Chrysanthemum petal’ arrangements of silver nano wires were fabricated in a biodegradable polymer of polyvinyl alcohol using a simple one-step blending method without any template. The degree of the arrangement increased with the decreasing content of polyvinyl alcohol. The mechanism for the formation of these ‘Chrysanthemum petal’ arrangements was discussed specifically. These ‘Chrysanthemum petal’ arrangements will be helpful to increase the electrical conductivity of silver nano wires films.

Hui-Wang Cui, Jin-Ting Jiu, Tohru Sugahara, Shijo Nagao, Katsuaki Suganuma and Hiroshi Uchida

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