Fabrication of silver oxide nanowires (Ag2O) by electro-chemical deposition in the anodic aluminum oxide template (AAO)

Nanotechnology impacts on many different technologies either by offering new andmultifunctional building blocks for nanodevices, or through the significant improvement inmaterial properties [1]. One particularly interesting one-dimensional architecture, thenanowire, has been intensely pursued due to the plethora of applications in electronics,sensors, drug delivery, actuators, tribological additives and lasers [2–3]. Some of the mostwidely studied nanowires are those made from semiconductors such as silicon andgermanium. However, little research have been reported on the fabrication of semiconductingsilver oxide nanowires [4].