Low-Temperature Large-Scale Synthesis and Electrical Testing of Ultralong Copper Nanowires.pdf

/Langmuir © 2010 American Chemical Society Low-Temperature Large-Scale Synthesis and Electrical Testing of Ultralong Copper Nanowires† Melinda Mohl, Peter Pusztai, Akos Kukovecz, and Zoltan Konya* Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich B. ter 1., 6720 Szeged, Hungary Jarmo Kukkola and Krisztian Kordas Microelectronics and Materials Physics Laboratories, University of Oulu, PL 4500 FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland Robert Vajtai and Pulickel M. Ajayan Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251 Received April 7, 2010. Revised Manuscript Received May 21, 2010 Copper nanowires (NWs) with uniform diameters and lengths ranging from several hundreds of nanometers to several micrometers have been prepared with high yield by a simple hydrothermal procedure. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis data indicate that the copper nanowires are free of any contamination, while the electron diffraction (ED) analysis has revealed the nanowires to be single crystals. The nanowire growth mechanism has also been discussed. Hexadecylamine is the surface stabilizing agent in our method, whil