Direct Chemical Synthesis of Gold Nanowires with 2-D Network Structure and Relationship between the Presence of Gold Ions and Shape Stability of Gold Nanowires

Gold nanowires with a 2-D network structure were synthesized by a direct chemical synthesis method; the shape stability of gold nanowires was closely related to the presence of gold ions in the solution phase, without which the nanowires broke, and larger nanoparticles were formed.