Template Synthesis Of Copper Nanowires Via Electrodeposition Technique And Their Characterization

Abstract

Copper nanowires have been synthesized successfully using template assisted electrodeposition technique. Commercial polycarbonate membrane (Whatman, Japan) having pore diameter 100 nm, thickness 10 μm and pore density 107 pores/cm2 was used as template. Scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray diffraction techniques were used to characterize the synthesized copper nanowires. XRD and SEM results reveal that polycrystalline copper nanowires were obtained with fcc lattice structure having diameter equal to the diameter of the template used.