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Methoxycarbonyl-terminated hyperbranched poly(amine-ester) as templates for synthesis of silver nanoparticles

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Highly stable and spherical silver nanoparticles, stabilized by methoxycarbonyl-terminated hyperbranched poly(amine-ester) (HPAE-COOCH3), were synthesized in water with reducing AgNO3/HPAE-COOCH3 using two methods, viz. NaBH4 and ultraviolet irradiation. HPAE-COOCH3 was found to play a key role in the formation of nanoparticles. UV–visible absorption, Transmission electron microscopic (TEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) had been used to study the structure and characterization of the silver nanoparticles. The absorption peaks of the silver nanoparticles appear at ~420 nm in UV–visible absorption spectra; average particle size reduced by NaBH4 is ~30 nm, which is ~10 and ~15 nm, respectively, when ultraviolet irradiation time is 12 and 24 h. FT-IR spectra confirm that there is strong interaction between silver nanoparticles and HPAE-COOCH3. And silver nanoparticles/HPAE-COOCH3 aqueous solution can keep stable for more than 3 months.

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Financial supports from the “Fundamental and Advances Research Program of Education Department of Henan Province” (Project No. 082300420080) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Research Center of Functional Materials, Kaifeng University, Kaifen, 47500, People’s Republic of China

    Ruimin Sun, Hui Zhao & Yang Liu

  2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, People’s Republic of China

    Hui Zhao & Yunjun Luo

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Sun, R., Zhao, H., Luo, Y. et al. Methoxycarbonyl-terminated hyperbranched poly(amine-ester) as templates for synthesis of silver nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res 13, 1133–1138 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-010-0105-1

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