Water-mediated polyol synthesis of pencil-like sharp silver nanowires suitable for nonlinear plasmonics. Issue 77 (11th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Inose, Tomoko; Toyouchi, Shuichi; Lu, Gang; Umemoto, Kazuki; Tezuka, Yuki; Lyu, Bozhang; Masuhara, Akito; Fron, Eduard; Fujita, Yasuhiko; Hirai, Kenji; Uji-i, Hiroshi
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 55:Issue 77(2019)
• Page Start: 11630
• Page End: 11633
• Publication Date: 2019-09-11
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04743c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : We report a simple method to control the end shape of silver nanowires by adding pure water in the conventional polyol synthesis. Abstract : We report a simple method to control the end shape of silver nanowires by adding pure water in the conventional polyol synthesis. The use of 0.2–0.4% (v/v) water in ethylene glycol as a solvent provides pencil-like silver nanowires with sharp ends in a high yield. We have demonstrated remote excitation of SHG on the sharp nanowires, promising a point light source for super resolution microscopy.