Hybrid Electronics: Highly Robust Indium‐Free Transparent Conductive Electrodes Based on Composites of Silver Nanowires and Conductive Metal Oxides (Adv. Funct. Mater. 12/2014)

Abstract

To overcome the limits of indium‐based transparent conductive materials, transparent conductive layers based on a composite of silver nanowires embedded in a conductive metal‐oxide are a promising alternative presented on page 1671 by T. Riedl and co‐workers. The metal‐oxide conductively joins the wires at their junctions and also ‘glues’ them to the substrate. A record‐low sheet resistance down to 5.2 Ohm/sq. is achieved with a concomitant average transmission of 87% for a composite prepared at room‐temperature.

Growth Mechanism and Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Ag–Fe3O4 Core–Shell Nanowires

“…One-dimensional (1D) silver nanowires (AgNWs) have attracted considerable attention due to their unique size-dependent optical, 1,2 electrical, 3,4 thermal properties, 5,6 and their various applications in nanoscale electronic devices. 7−9 Particularly, the AgNWs can serve as templates for synthesizing 1D coaxial heterostructured nanowires that can expand their applications because of improved or even novel properties associated with the newly derived nanowires.…”

“…One-dimensional (1D) silver nanowires (AgNWs) have attracted considerable attention due to their unique size-dependent optical, , electrical, , thermal properties, , and their various applications in nanoscale electronic devices. − Particularly, the AgNWs can serve as templates for synthesizing 1D coaxial heterostructured nanowires that can expand their applications because of improved or even novel properties associated with the newly derived nanowires. , For example, AgNWs have been used as physical templates for the preparation of Ag–SiO 2 core–shell nanowires that comprise the AgNWs decorated with uniform SiO 2 shells. − The combination of AgNWs and SiO 2 nanoparticles in a single composite core–shell heterostructure make the nanowires exhibit an improved fracture resistance and an electron-beam induced shape restoration effect, higher enhancements for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications, and also be used as a kind of effective conductive filler applied in flexible conductive nanocomposites . Afterward, AgNWs were also used as templates for synthesizing Ag–TiO 2 core–shell nanowires − in which thickness of the TiO 2 layers could be easily tuned by controlling reaction conditions .…”

Synthesis of Fe3O4 nanowires and their catalytic activity towards thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

“…Ag, Au, Pt, ZnO, SnO 2 , TiO 2 , MnO 2 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , etc.) showing novel electronic, optical, catalytic, and magnetic properties [6][7][8][9]. Among the 1D-structured materials, magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ) nanowires have attracted great interest in the magnetic materials field [10] in view of the potential applications as magnetic recording media [11], magnetic supports [12], catalyst [13], ferrofluids [14], etc.…”