Synthesis and characterization of Pd, Cu, and Ag nanowires in anodic alumina membranes using solid state reduction

摘要

Metal nanowires (MNWs) have shown unique properties compared to bulk materials. In this work a novel method is presented for the fabrication of regular arrays of MNWs using solid state reduction (SSR). Using this method copper (Cu), silver (Ag), and palladium (Pd) nanowire (NWs) arrays were synthesized using anodic alumina membranes (AAMs) as templates and the results were compared to the more common synthesis technique of electrodeposition. Depending on the metal loading used the NWs reached different diameters.