Reversible Thermochromic Nanocomposites Based on Thiolate-Capped Silver Nanoparticles Embedded in Amorphous Polystyrene

Reversible Thermochromic Nanocomposites Based on Thiolate-Capped Silver Nanoparticles Embedded in Amorphous Polystyrene

Technologically useful reversible thermochromic materials can be prepared using very simple polymer-embedded nanostructures. In particular, silver nanoparticles capped by long-chain alkyl-thiolate molecules (i.e., Agx(SCnH2n+1)y, with n > 10) spontaneously organize in aggregates because of th...

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Main Authors: Francesca Nicolais, Gianfranco Carotenuto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-09-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
thermochromism
thiolate-capped silver nanoparticles
interdigitation
surface plasmon absorption
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/2/3/1323/

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