Elaborately programmed nanowires fabricated using a tapered push–pull nozzle system

Abstract

Elaborately programmed silver nanowire arrays can be prepared using a tapered push–pull nozzle system (TPPNS), which is used to directly write micro–nano wires on a substrate via a two-reagent reaction in the diffusion mixing region. The wires could be precisely positioned on the substrate and their width could be freely controlled from the micro to the nano scale, indicating an advance in the methodologies of controlling and fabricating nanowires. The as-prepared silver three-electrode device can serve as a three-electrode sensor.