Fabrication of electrically anisotropic agarose gels by dielectrophoretic assembly and encapsulation of silver nanowires

Small, William R.; Paunov, Vesselin N.

Abstract

A novel method for the fabrication of electrically anisotropic agarose gel has been developed by dielectrophoretic assembly and aligning of silver nanowires into bundles of microwires in a gel solution above the gelling point, and cooling to give a composite material with uniform alignment of the nanowires. The electrical anisotropy and stability of the composite agarose-nanowire gel has been characterised.

Citation

Small, W. R., & Paunov, V. N. (2008). Fabrication of electrically anisotropic agarose gels by dielectrophoretic assembly and encapsulation of silver nanowires. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(18), 2082-2084. https://doi.org/10.1039/b802272k

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 20, 2008
• Online Publication Date: Apr 4, 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Journal: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
• Print ISSN: 0959-9428
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 18
• Pages: 2082-2084
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b802272k
• Keywords: Anisotropic gel; Agarose; Silver nanoparticles; Nanorods; Nanowires
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/387191
• Publisher URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2008/JM/b802272k#!divAbstract