Optimal synthesis and characterization of Ag nanofluids by electrical explosion of wires in liquids

Nanoscale Research Letters

Table 1 Previous works on electrical explosion of wires

Reference	Material	Condition	Control parameter	Average size
Karioris and Fish [20]	Au, Ag, Al, Cu, Fe, W, Mo, Ni, Th, U, Pt, Mg, Pb, Sn, Ta	Air	Capacitance	30-50 nm
			Applied voltage
			Wire mass
			Ambient gas
Couchman[21]	Al, Ni, Au, Pt	Air		10 nm
Phalen [22]	Ag	Air	Voltage: 0-30 kV	0.3 μm
Cho [23]	Ag	Water		<100 nm
Park [24]	Ag	Water	One-step	88.8 nm
			Two-step