Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 5‐1 Anam‐dong, Seongbuk‐gu, Seoul 137‐713 (Korea), Fax: (+82)?2‐929‐4408
Abstract:
Down to the wire : A simple and effective method to synthesize silver nanowires through an ionic‐liquid‐assisted polyol process is developed (see scheme; scale bar=5 nm). The ionic liquids are tuned to provide the anisotropic growth of silver nanoparticles into nanowires.