Synthesis of poly(vinylene-arsine)s-stabilized silver nanoparticles

Stabilization of poly(vinylene-arsine)s (1) towards silver nanoparticles was carried out to estimate the coordination and protecting ability of phenyl-substituted poly(vinylene-arsine) (la) and methyl-substituted poly(vinylene-arsine) (1b). In the presence of 1 in 1 : 1 ratio with AgNO(3), colloidal solutions were obtained. The methyl-substituted poly(vinylene-arsine) (1b) is a better stabilizer for silver nanoparticles in N,N-dimethylformamide owing to its less bulky structure than the phenyl-substituted poly(vinylene-arsine) (1a). Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.