In general, a wire is defined as nanowires when its size and structures fall under the diameter of nanometers. This nanostructured material has the diameter within the nanometers but can have the length thousand times greater. Due to the scale, it based, these are also known as quantum wires because of at this point quantum mechanics takes into action.
Till now it has been possible to synthesize various types of nanowires, which includes superconducting, semiconducting, insulating and metal materials. Among the metal ones, the gold nanowires are one of the best regarding synthesizing technique and superlative quality. These can be synthesized into a large form of gold nanowires from small quantity, thus making it special.
What Are the Methods to Achieve Gold Nanowires Synthesis?
In nanowire synthesis, there are four different types where these materials are produced. And these types are known as suspension, VLS (vapor-liquid-solid) growth, solution-phase synthesis, and non-catalytic growth. While in case of gold nanowire synthesis, the solution-phase synthesis is the one that is used to turn the metal. It’s because different material needs different synthesis to achieve its goal.
Solution-phase synthesis is the form of synthesis where the nanowires (gold) will be grown inside of some solutions. These solutions can be in the form of acids, alkaline solutions or few others, but the quality of its end product differs from one to another solution. Using this synthesis for gold nanowires is because of its large quantity producing an advantage.
Some Important Uses of Gold Nanowires Synthesis
Synthesizing of the gold nanowire in its suitable form is done due to an ample of reasons, but in general, they can be very controllable to perform further uses. Apart from this, there are many uses of gold nanowires synthesis that are used in some fields with a scope of many potential fields. Some of them are used in microelectrodes.
