A Novel Discovery of Growth Process for Ag Nanowires and Plausible Mechanism

Figure 4

TEM images of Ag nanostructures synthesized with the usage of PVP-K25 and sampled at (a) 30 min, (b) 32 min, (c) 39 min, (d) 45 min, (e1, e2) 50 min, (f) 55 min, and (g) 65 min after the addition of PVP and AgNO₃ solutions, corresponding to the samples of curves in Figure 3(b).