Had minor breakthrough. The NP solution that doesn't form nanowires (never goes dark) went dark under ambient light at room temperature for about 4 days. Tried to image them all day today and saw nothing - just couldn't understand it. I was sure I was imaging them correctly and even prepared several different substrates to rule out problems with the substrate.
Daniel came in to the AFM room. We chatted for a bit. Then I showed him my solutions. They were black which I thought was good. Turns out black is good except they had gone too far and had agglomerated. Sure. What a wasted day. On the up side I have some more clues about this system, I know that the NW are not stable. So now I have another side plan. How to stabilize them. I will have a good read and think about it. I reckon it should be possible. Bad news is I now have nothing to show for this weeks work. Nuts...... I will work something out tomorrow.
Daniel came in to the AFM room. We chatted for a bit. Then I showed him my solutions. They were black which I thought was good. Turns out black is good except they had gone too far and had agglomerated. Sure. What a wasted day. On the up side I have some more clues about this system, I know that the NW are not stable. So now I have another side plan. How to stabilize them. I will have a good read and think about it. I reckon it should be possible. Bad news is I now have nothing to show for this weeks work. Nuts...... I will work something out tomorrow.
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