Overview of synthesis parameters used, and physicochemical properties obtained for a family of CuNWs obtained.
| Entry | Experimental factors | Measured outputs | |||||||||||
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| {R} | [R] | T (°C) | t (h) | Structure | Yield (%) | d a (nm) | σ of db (nm) | PDI (σ/d)2 | d of NPsa (nm) | σ of NPs db (nm) | PDI (σ/d)2 | Ψ | |
| Aglu | Glu | 1 | 150 | 3 | NWs | 65.7 | 55 | 17 | 0.095 | — | — | — | 2.73 |
| Aasc | Asc | 1 | 100 | 3 | NWs | 95.8 | 215 | 76 | 0.125 | — | — | — | 2.28 |
| Basc | Asc | 1 | 100 | 3 | NWs | 96.0 | 170 | 58 | 0.116 | — | — | — | 2.75 |
| Bglu | Glu | 1 | 150 | 18 | NWs | 57.1 | 26 | 7 | 0.072 | — | — | — | 17.21 |
| Casc | Asc | 5 | 150 | 3 | NPs + NRODs | 97.4 | 445 | 120 | 0.072 | 200 | 66 | 0.107 | 2.02 |
| Cglu | Glu | 3 | 125 | 10.5 | NWs | 50.7 | 69 | 21 | 0.093 | — | — | — | 17.66 |
| Dasc | Asc | 1 | 150 | 3 | NWs | 96.2 | 302 | 86 | 0.081 | 267 | 48 | 0.032 | 2.24 |
| Easc | Asc | 5 | 150 | 18 | NPs + NRODs | 88.6 | 674 | 230 | 0.116 | 406 | 238 | 0.344 | 2.56 |
| Dglu | Glu | 5 | 100 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fasc | Asc | 5 | 150 | 3 | NPs + NRODs | 99.3 | 400 | 229 | 0.328 | 324 | 92 | 0.081 | 1.52 |
| Eglu | Glu | 1 | 100 | 18 | NWs | 31.9 | 155 | 38 | 0.060 | — | — | — | 3.15 |
| Fglu | Glu | 5 | 100 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gglu | Glu | 5 | 150 | 18 | NWs | 47.5 | 77 | 26 | 0.114 | — | — | — | 17.67 |
| Gasc | Asc | 1 | 100 | 18 | NPs + NWs | 99.0 | 327 | 192 | 0.345 | 466 | 112 | 0.058 | 1.62 |
| Hglu | Glu | 3 | 125 | 10.5 | NWs | 43.5 | 62 | 22 | 0.126 | — | — | — | 13.90 |
| Hasc | Asc | 5 | 100 | 18 | NPs + NRODs | 60.2 | 559 | 163 | 0.085 | 264 | 69 | 0.068 | 0.44 |
| Iglu | Glu | 1 | 100 | 18 | NWs | 66.0 | 115 | 41 | 0.127 | — | — | — | 3.56 |
| Jglu | Glu | 5 | 150 | 3 | NWs | 49.7 | 131 | 29 | 0.049 | — | — | — | 7.43 |
| Kglu | Glu | 1 | 125 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lglu | Glu | 3 | 150 | 18 | NWs | 56.2 | 81 | 18 | 0.049 | — | — | — | 15.70 |
| Mglu | Glu | 3 | 100 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nglu | Glu | 5 | 150 | 3 | NWs | 41.3 | 104 | 17 | 0.027 | — | — | — | 3.43 |
| Oglu | Glu | 5 | 100 | 18 | NWs | 39.1 | 118 | 18 | 0.023 | — | — | — | 4.15 |
| Pglu | Glu | 1 | 150 | 10.5 | NWs | 66.9 | 52 | 13 | 0.063 | — | — | — | 31.30 |
| Qglu | Glu | 5 | 100 | 10.5 | NWs | 47.6 | 101 | 23 | 0.052 | — | — | — | 3.54 |
| Rglu | Glu | 5 | 125 | 18 | NWs | 59.2 | 65 | 16 | 0.061 | — | — | — | 22.01 |
d is the average diameter of CuNWs or CuNRODs estimate by SEM.
σ is the standard deviation of d.