Issue 12, 2003
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

A universal method for the synthesis of metal and metal sulfide clusters embedded in polymer matrices

Gianfranco Carotenuto,*a   Brunetto Martorana,b   Piero Perlob  and  Luigi Nicolaisa  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Composite and Biomedical Materials. National Research Council, Piazzale V. Tecchio, Napoli, Italy
E-mail: giancaro@unina.it
Fax: (+39) 081 7682104
Tel: (+39) 081 2425933

b FIAT Research Center, Strada Torino, Orbassano TO, Italy

Abstract

Alkanethiolates of transition metals undergo thermolysis reactions at moderately low temperatures (120–200 °C), producing metal atoms or metal sulfide molecules and an organic by-product (disulfide or a thioether). Metal n-alkanethiolates (i.e., Mex(SCnH2n+1)y, with n = 12, 16 and 18) dissolve in polymers and the resulting solid solutions can be annealed to give polymer-embedded metal or metal sulfide clusters (i.e., metal/polymer nanocomposites). As an example, the preparation of silver, gold, cobalt and palladium clusters dispersed in polystyrene has been described, but the method is very general and a variety of metal/polymer and metal sulfide/polymer combinations can be obtained.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B310898H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Sep 2003
Accepted
15 Oct 2003
First published
28 Oct 2003

J. Mater. Chem., 2003,13, 2927-2930

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A universal method for the synthesis of metal and metal sulfide clusters embedded in polymer matrices

G. Carotenuto, B. Martorana, P. Perlo and L. Nicolais, J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 2927 DOI: 10.1039/B310898H

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