Wet-Chemical Routes Based on Polymer and Dendrimer Capping Agents

Wet-Chemical Routes Based on Polymer and Dendrimer Capping Agents 

The approaches to polymer-stabilized copper nanomaterials can be divided into three main classes (i) the so-called polyol process (ii) soft-template processes in which the polymer is employed (either as such or in combination with other capping agents), aiming exclusively at stabilization of the Cu phases and (iii) dendrimer-encapsulation. 

shear rate = 107 s (c) Magnification of a single spherulite. Reprinted with permission from Langmuir 999, 75, 3738-47 1999 American Chemical Society. 

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