Agglomerate reduction in a nanowire suspension stored in a container
Methods and articles of manufacture for storage and shipping of nanowires are disclosed. One disclosed method includes: (a) providing a nanowire suspension including nanowires suspended in a liquid; and (b) disposing the nanowire suspension in a container for storage and shipping, where the container is configured to inhibit agglomeration of nanowires from the nanowire suspension.
1. A method of storing nanowires, comprising:
providing a nanowire suspension including nanowires suspended in a liquid; and
disposing the nanowire suspension in a container for storage, wherein the container is configured to inhibit agglomeration of nanowires from the nanowire suspension,
wherein a wall of the container is formed of, or coated with, a fluorinated polymer.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a head space of the container is sized to inhibit evaporation of the liquid from the nanowire suspension.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wall of the container is resistant to adhesion of nanowires from the nanowire suspension.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wall of the container is resistant to wetting by the liquid.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fluorinated polymer is selected from polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, and ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
a head space of the container is sized to inhibit evaporation of the liquid from the nanowire suspension; and the wall of the container is resistant to wetting by the liquid.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the fluorinated polymer is fluorinated ethylene propylene.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container includes a moveable plunger sized and shaped to fit an internal cross-section of the container, and disposing the nanowire suspension in the container includes confining the nanowire suspension to a volume between the moveable plunger and an opening of the container.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wall of the container is resistant to wetting by the liquid.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein disposing the nanowire suspension in the container is performed subsequent to synthesis of the nanowires in the nanowire suspension.
11. A method of storing nanowires, comprising:
providing a nanowire suspension including nanowires suspended in a liquid; and disposing the nanowire suspension in a container for storage, wherein a wall of the container is at least one of: (1) resistant to adhesion of nanowires from the nanowire suspension; and (2) resistant to wetting by the liquid, wherein the wall of the container is formed of, or coated with, a fluorinated polymer.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the fluorinated polymer is fluorinated ethylene propylene.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein a head space of the container is sized to inhibit evaporation of the liquid from the nanowire suspension.