Nanowire Network

Wang DH, Jakobson HP, Kou R, Tang J, Fineman RZ, Yu DH, Lu YF (2006) Metal and semiconductor nanowire network thin films with hierarchical pore structures. Chem Mater 18 4231 237... 

Sysoev VV, Schneider T, Goschnick J, Kiselev, Habicht W, Hahn H, Strelcov E, Kolmakov A. Percolating Sn02 nanowire network as a stable gas sensor Direct comparison of long-term performance versus SnOj nanoparticle films. Sens. Actual. B 2009 139 699. 

W. Zhong, J. Deng, Y. Yang, and W. Yang, Synthesis of large-area three-dimensional polyaniline nanowire networks using a soft template , Macromol. Rapid Commun., 26, 395-400 (2005). 

Coral-hke nanowires and nanowire networks of conducting PPy have been synthesized by chemical oxidation polymerization of pyrrole monomers in a dodecyl-benzene sulfonic acid (DBSA) aqueous solution with FeCla as oxidant and poly(vinyl-alcohol) (PVA) as... 

H. Chang, Y. Chunhe, and L. Yongfang, Chemical synthesis of coral-like nanowires and nanowire networks of conducting polypytrole. Synthetic Metals, 139, 539-545 (2003). 

Wang, J., Chen, Y., Liu, H., Li, R., Sun, X., 2010. Synthesis of Pd nanowire networks by a simple template-free and surfactant-free method and their application in formic acid electrooxidation. Electrochem. Commun. 12, 219—222. 

Shadow masking can be used to pattern the nanowires network and leave a clean surface for the contact deposition. Figure 2a report the different steps involved in the preparation of nanowires based chemical sensor with the catalyst assisted vapor... 

Malvankar NS, Vargas M, Nevin KP, Franks AE, Leang C, Kim BC, Inoue K, Mester T, Covalla SF, Johnson JP, RoteUo VM, Tuominen MT, Lovley DR. Tunable metaUic-hke conductivity in microbial nanowire networks. Nat Nanotechnol 2011 6 573-579. 

FIGURE 10.24 Preparation steps involved in the template synthesis of freestanding 3D nanowire networks. Reprinted with permission from Nano Letters 11 (6) (2011) 2304 -2310. Copyright (2012) American Chemical Society. 

M. Rauber, I. Alber, S. Muller, R. Neumann, O. Picht, C. Roth, A. Schoekel, M.E. ToimU-Molares, W. Ensinger, Highly-ordered supportless 3-D nanowire networks with tuneable complexity and interwire coimectivity for device integration. Nano Lett. 11 (2011) 2304-2310. 

Zhao, Y., Watanabe, K., Nakamura, R., Mori, S., Liu, H., Ishii, K., and Hashimoto, K. (2010) Three-dimensional conductive nanowire networks for maximizing anode performance in microbial fuel cells. Chemistry. A European Journal, 16,4982-4985. 

Recently, Rauber et al. was able to create 3D nanowire networks through a modification of this template synthesis method. This was done by irradiating the polymer foil at different angles. 

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