articleAdvanced MaterialsMay 28, 2010Closed access

The Growth Mechanism of Copper Nanowires and Their Properties in Flexible, Transparent Conducting Films

ARAaron R. RathmellSMStephen M. BerginYHYilei HuaZLZhiyuan LiBJBenjamin J. Wiley

Duke University · Institute of Physics

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Abstract

Copper nanowires grow from spherical copper seeds in an aqueous solution. Conductive films of copper nanowires have a transmittance of 65% (∼15% more than the best values reported for carbon nanotubes), and remain conductive after 1000 bending cycles or one month in air.

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  • Materials science
  • Copper
  • Nanowire
  • Electrical conductor
  • Transmittance
  • Carbon nanotube
  • Nanotechnology
  • Bending
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