@article{WEI2005, 
author = {Guodan WEI and Cewen NAN and Dapeng YU},
title = {Large-Scale Self-Assembled Ag Nanotubes},
year = {2005},
journal = {Tsinghua Science and Technology},
volume = {10},
number = {6},
pages = {736-740},
keywords = {silver, nanotubes, self-assemble, solvothermal processing},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1016/S1007-0214(05)70143-7},
doi = {10.1016/S1007-0214(05)70143-7},
abstract = {A high yield of silver nanotubes with large aspect ratio were conveniently synthesized via an organic-assist solvothermal preparation technique using polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) as a capping reagent and architecture soft-template. The molecular ratio between the repeating unit of PVP and AgNO3 plays a crucial role in determining the geometric shape of the product. Such novel-type Ag nanotubes were self-assembled by Ag nanoparticles, which had largely similar crystallographic orientation, forming a texture. The fact that nanoparticles without anisotropic crystal structures can form such superstructures by self-assembly may open a window for understanding a range of nanotube formation processes.}
}