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Ag/epoxy nanocomposite film with aligned Ag nanowires and their polarization property

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2011

Jinyang Feng ,
Xiao Ma ,
Haibo Mao ,
Baoshun Liu  and
Xiujian Zhao
Jinyang Feng*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei 430070, Peoples Republic of China
Xiao Ma
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei 430070, Peoples Republic of China
Haibo Mao
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei 430070, Peoples Republic of China
Baoshun Liu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei 430070, Peoples Republic of China
Xiujian Zhao*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei 430070, Peoples Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: fjy@whut.edu.cn
b)e-mail: opluse@whut.edu.cn
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Abstract

The metal nanoparticles dispersed in matrices of composite material are able to apply in different technologies based on their peculiarity. This article reports the preparation of Ag/epoxy nanocomposite film with aligned Ag nanowires coated on glass substrate by multistep processing including synthesis of Ag nanowires by seed-mediated method, dispersion of Ag nanowires in the epoxy resin, and stretching to form the Ag/epoxy nanocomposite film. The results showed that Ag nanowires had been well aligned in the direction of stretching, both in the surface layer and in the internal of the film. Meanwhile, the Ag/epoxy nanocomposite film showed an obviously infrared polarization property in a broad wavelength range from 1600 to 2600 nm, with transmittance over 70%. The mechanisms for the orientation of Ag nanowires and the generation of polarization property of the films were discussed, respectively.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 21 , 14 November 2011 , pp. 2691 - 2700
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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