Simplified fabrication and electrical analysis of crystalline silver nanowire

    Authors

    Y. T. Peng;Q. F. Chen

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Phys. A-Mater. Sci. Process.

    Keywords

    ARRAYS; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    Silver nanowires have been fabricated using electrochemical deposition within the confined nanochannels of anodic alumina membrane on aluminum substrate. The characterization of structure, morphology, and composition indicates that the silver nanowires are uniform with about 50 nm diameter corresponding to the pore diameter of the anodic alumina membrane and almost single crystal with preferred growth along the [111] direction. Electrical measurements at room temperature showed that these silver nanowires were high conductive with a conductivity of approximately 0.13x10(5) S/cm. Also, individual silver nanowires were investigated by measuring current as a function of bias voltage until the point of failure. This study will be very useful for the development of future nanoelectronic devices and circuits that employ Ag nanowires.

    Journal Title

    Applied Physics a-Materials Science & Processing

    Volume

    105

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2011

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    841

    Last Page

    846

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000297162000008

    ISSN

    0947-8396

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