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Facile One‐Pot Synthesis of Self‐Assembled Silver@Polypyrrole Core/Shell Nanosnakes
Author(s) -
MuñozRojas David,
OróSolé Judith,
Ayyad Omar,
GómezRomero Pedro
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200701199
Subject(s) - polypyrrole , transmission electron microscopy , materials science , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , nanostructure , nanotechnology , electron microscope , core (optical fiber) , shell (structure) , chemical engineering , diffraction , electron diffraction , composite material , polymer , optics , physics , polymerization , engineering
Snakes on a plane TEM grid! Tortuous core/shell nanostructures are produced by a simple, additive‐free, one‐pot hydrothermal reaction at 120–150 °C. Electron diffraction and high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy indicate that the inner silver core is coherent. The “nanosnakes” (see image) form through self‐assembly of reduced silver particles inside a polypyrrole matrix.