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A new metallorganic silver precursor, Ag(hfa)tetraglyme, has been used to produce silver aggregates into polymeric thin film matrices by thermal reduction in a temperature range between 200 °C and 300 °C. Here we present a characterization of the metal aggregates into polyimide thin films (0.1–1 μm). The size of the metallic particles has been measured by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). A narrow particles size distribution centered around a radius value of ∼16 nm has been observed. X-ray diffraction (XRD) performed on this sample confirms the presence of metallic silver. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has been used to determine the elemental composition at the particle surface. A partial oxidation of the metal particles, probably due to the air contamination or to interaction with oxygen of the polymeric matrix, has been observed.
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Received: 1 September 1998 / Received in final form: 5 November 1998
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Fragalà, M., Compagnini, G., Malandrino, G. et al. Silver nanoparticles dispersed in polyimide thin film matrix. Eur. Phys. J. D 9, 631–633 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050515
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050515