Polyol synthesis of silver nanowires with metal ions mediated

Silver nanowires with diameter around 100 nanometers were synthesized by a simple polyol method through the mediation of ferrum and tin species. The obtained Ag nanowires were uniform with diameter around 100nm and length up to 50μm. The formation mechanism of the Ag nanowires mediated by Fe and Sn ions was that the metal ions could prevent the oxide etching of seeds.