Abstract
Very small ( approximately 2 nm) silver nanoparticles can be readily prepared using p-phosphonated calixarenes as templating agents and surfactants, at the same time allowing the use of hydrogen gas as an environmentally benign reductant.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Calixarenes / chemistry*
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Metal Nanoparticles*
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Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
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Models, Molecular
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Organophosphonates / chemistry*
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Silver / chemistry*
Substances
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Organophosphonates
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Calixarenes
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Silver