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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 33, Issue 8, Pages 1720-1725Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b900185a
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- Generalitat Valenciana [IMPIVA-IMCITA/2007/02, IMPIVA-IMIDIN/2008/16]
- Spanish Ministry of Science [TEC-2005-05781-C03-03]
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Here we report on the in situ synthesis of Ag and Au nanoparticles inside several polymer matrixes by solid-state chemical reduction of a metallic salt. Poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI), poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), novolak, poly(4-vinylphenol) (P4VP), poly(4-vinylphenol)-co-(methyl methacrylate) (P4VP-co-MMA) and poly(styrene-co-allyl alcohol) (PS-co-AA) were able to reduce Ag(I) and Au(III) to the corresponding nanoparticles during the baking process. The nanoparticle diameters of Ag and Au were found to range from 2 to 25 nm. TEM also indicated a uniform distribution of nanoparticles embedded in the thin film. This approach is suitable for controlling the size of the nanoparticles and its homogeneous distribution in the polymer matrix.
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