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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 106, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4905924
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- Junta de Andalucia [P09-FQM-4584]
- Spanish Government Ministry MEC [FIS2011-25161]
- Royal Society
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We describe the reversible assembly of an aqueous suspension of metal nanowires into two different 2-dimensional stable configurations. The assembly is induced by an AC electric field of magnitude around 10 kV/m. It is known that single metal nanowires orientate parallel to the electric field for all values of applied frequency, according to two different mechanisms depending on the frequency. These different mechanisms also govern the mutual interaction between nanowires, which leads to directed-assembly into distinctive structures, the shape of which depends on the frequency of the applied field. We show that for frequencies higher than the typical frequency for charging the electrical double layer at the metal-electrolyte interface, dipole-dipole interaction leads to the formation of chains of nanowires. For lower frequencies, the nanowires form wavy bands perpendicular to the electric field direction. This behavior appears to be driven by the electroosmotic flow induced on the metal surface of the nanowires. Remarkably, no similar structures have been reported in previous studies of nanowires. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
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