Printing Silver Nanogrids on Glass

• Wesley C. Sanders ^[1] ; Ron Valcarce ^[1] ; Peter Iles ^[1] ; James S. Smith ^[1] ; Gabe Glass ^[1] ; Jesus Gomez ^[1] ; Glen Johnson ^[1] ; Dan Johnston ^[1] ; Maclaine Morham ^[1] ; Elliot Befus ^[1] ; Aimee Oz ^[1] ; Mohammad Tomaraei ^[1]
  1. [1] Salt Lake Community College

     Salt Lake Community College

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 94, Nº 6, 2017, págs. 758-763
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This manuscript describes a laboratory experiment that provides students with an opportunity to create conductive silver nanogrids using polymeric templates. A microcontact-printed polyvinylpyrrolidone grid directs the citrate-induced reduction of silver ions for the fabrication of silver nanogrids on glass substrates. In addition to template-directed nanofabrication, students gain experience using a sputter coater, a scanning electron microscope, and an atomic force microscope. Students are also introduced to elemental analysis using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Institutions with limited characterization capabilities can use a compound light microscope to view the structures reported in this manuscript.