How to disperse AuCuNWs?

19 August 2022 1 9K Report

I prepared Cu Au core shell nanowires. After fabrication, they aggregated. Vortex has no effect while sonication causes them to break into short wires and rods.

How can I redisperse them in IPA or any other solvent?

Xuhua Wang

Once you make nanowires, you should keep in a solvent, never leave the solid state. It is impossible to redisperse the solid aggregated nanowires as your original nanowires formed.

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