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Table 1 Statistic of the yield and average size of each product prepared by varying concentrations of PVP

From: Investigation on the role of the molecular weight of polyvinyl pyrrolidone in the shape control of high-yield silver nanospheres and nanowires

Concentration of PVP (M)		Nanowire		Nanospheres
Concentration of PVP (M)		Yield (%)	Diameter (nm)/length (μm)	Diameter (nm)
PVP_MW=29,000	0.143	15	100 ± 10/1 ± 0.5	100 ± 20
	0.286	1	100 ± 10/0.6 ± 0.1	60 ± 10
	0.572	1	100 ± 10/0.4 ± 0.1	50 ± 10
	0.143	20	100 ± 10/1.5 ± 0.2	100 ± 50
PVP_MW=40,000	0.286	5	100 ± 10/0.6 ± 0.1	100 ± 50
	0.572	1	100 ± 10/0.6 ± 0.1	60 ± 10
	0.143	90	200 ± 100/2 ± 0.5	200 ± 50
PVP_MW=1,300,000	0.286	95	100 ± 20/4 ± 2	200 ± 50
PVP_MW=1,300,000	0.572	95	100 ± 10/6 ± 1	200 ± 50

With MW of 29,000; 40,000; and 1,300,000.

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