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      Ordering Ag nanowire arrays by spontaneous spreading of volatile droplet on solid surface

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          Large-area Ag nanowires are ordered by spontaneous spreading of volatile droplet on a wettable solid surface. Compared with other nanowires orientation methods, radial shaped oriented Ag nanowires in a large ring region are obtained in an extremely short time. Furthermore, the radial shaped oriented Ag nanowires are transferred and aligned into one direction. Based on the hydrodynamics, the coactions among the microfluid, gravity effect and the adhesion of substrate on the orientation of the Ag nanowires are clearly revealed. This spreading method opens an efficient way for extreme economic, efficient and “green” way for commercial producing ordered nanowire arrays.

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                Journal
                Sci Rep
                Sci Rep
                Scientific Reports
                Nature Publishing Group
                2045-2322
                23 October 2014
                2014
                : 4
                : 6742
                Affiliations
                [1 ]State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University , Beijing 102206, China
                [2 ]Suzhou Institute, North China Electric Power University , Suzhou 215123, China
                [3 ]Harbin University of Science and Technology , Harbin 150006, China
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                These authors contributed equally to this work.

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                srep06742
                10.1038/srep06742
                4206906
                25339118
                0333485b-f985-43e6-a411-4262a920c1f8
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                : 06 October 2014
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