F144. Silver nanowires produced from zeolite crysallites
Pure silver nanowires, polycrystalline or single crystal, were produced from AgNO3 -containing zeolite A under electron beam irradiation. Top left: SEM image showing one Ag nanowire extruded from a zeolite particle. Bottom left: Elemental mapping of zeolite particle with Ag nanowires. [M. J. Edmondson, W. Zhou, S. Seiber, I. Gameson, P. A. Anderson, P. P. Edwards, Adv. Mater., 13, 1608-11(2001)].