Silver nanowires are silver gray, can be stored as a colloidal suspension in different solvents, such as water, ethanol, isopropanol, etc. Diameter ranges from 10 nanometers to hundreds of nanometers, and can be controlled.
Silver nanowires, due to its small size, large specific surface, has a good chemical properties, catalytic performance, antibacterial performance and excellent biocompatibility. Currently in optics, electronics, catalysis, information storage, medicine and energy silver nanowires have important applications. unlike silver particles, as in three-dimensional direction are in nanometer scale, the size effect, quantum effect and surface effect more apparent, and Silver particles can be widely used in conductive paste additives and catalyst. Silver nanowire, in addition to having traditional electrical conductivity, ductility and tensile properties of silver particles, have different electrical, optical features, can be added in a variety of products as additives for modifying material.
