Patent ID: 11879176
Assignee: FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  H  B  Y | IPC B  C  H

Claim 15:
16. A method of preparing the nanowire of claim 1, the method comprising:
a) impregnating, by vacuum filtration, a polycarbonate filter membrane with a metal sol, wherein the polycarbonate filter membrane has a nominal pore diameter of about 200 nm;
b) loading an ethanol solution onto a template;
c) polishing the surface of the impregnated filter membrane;
d) exposing the polished impregnated filter membrane from step c) to a gelling agent;
e) annealing the impregnated filter membrane from step d) at an elevated temperature for a period of time; and
f) isolating the nanowire of claim 1.