Dispersibility-tailored conductive epoxy nanocomposites with silica nanoparticle-embedded silver nanowires

ABSTRACT We prepared epoxy/silver nanowire (AgNW) nanocomposites with excellent dispersibility and electrical conductivity by optimally embedding silica nanoparticles (SNPs) on AgNW surface. Through the use of tailored SNP-embedded content, enhanced electrical properties, such as high electrical conductivity (∼101 S/m) and low electrical percolation threshold (