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JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 1-3, Pages 249-252Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008748608055
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nanoparticles; solvent chemistry; silica sol-gel; silver-doped silica
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The mechanisms responsible for spontaneous silver precipitation in silver-doped sol-gel materials are identified. The chemistry of the solvent phase is found to be the critical factor in controlling this phenomenon. The addition of HCl as catalyst leads to the formation of AgCl and subsequent formation of silver upon light exposure. Another factor leading to silver precipitation is the reducing capability of methanol radicals. Silver precipitation is inhibited by simply washing out the pore solvents by a solvent exchange method.
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