Metal clusters in plasma polymer matrices. Part III. Optical properties and redox behaviour of Cu clusters

Soft Plasma Treated Surfaces: Tailoring of Structure and Properties for Biomaterial Applications

“…One inherent advantage of this highly surface sensitive technique is its ability to carry out real time, in situ measurements of changes in the optical thickness of thin to ultra thin adlayers in air or in a liquid. A number of articles over the past few years have shown the versatility of this technique, not only for spin coated films, self assembled monolayers, LB‐films and polymer brushes, but also for different thin plasma polymer films 24–28…”

Polymer Films with Embedded Metal Nanoparticles

“…• tetrafluorocarbon CF4 with embedded Au nanoparticles [299,300], • butane C4HlO with embedded Au, Ag, Cu or Pd nanoparticles [231,301,302]' • butyl C4H6 with embedded Ag or Te nanoparticles [303], • benzene C6H6 with embedded Ag, Au, Sn or In nanoparticles [265,]' • benzene C6H6 with embedded Ge or Ho [309,325], • styrene C6H5CH=CH2 with embedded Au [245], Au [265], In [319,326] and Te [327] nanoparticles, • chlorobenzene C6H5CI with embedded Ag nanoparticles [311,328]' • thiophene C4H4S with Ag nanoparticles • hexamethyldisilazane (CH3 )JSiNHSi(CH3 )J or hexamethyldisiloxane (CH3 )JSiOSi(CH3 )J with embedded Ag [304,310,[329][330][331][332][333][334][335] Cu [336,337] or Sn [336] nanoparticles , • vinyltrimethylsilane H2C=CHSi(CH3 )J with embedded Au [338,339] or Ag [340] nanoparticles • tetraethoxysilane with embedded Ag nanoparticles [338,340] • polyvinylcarbazole (sublimated into the plasma discharge) with embedded Au [341], • triallylphosphine with Ni [225], • carbon disulfide CS2 with embedded Te or Bi [327].…”

Preparation of Ni nanoparticles by liquid-phase reduction to fabricate metal nanoparticle–polyimide composite films

“…Nanoparticle-containing polymer nanocomposites have recently attracted considerable attention owing to their potential applications in electronic, 1-3 optical, [4][5][6][7] and magnetic devices [8][9][10] and gas separation membranes. 11,12 One crucial factor that determines the performance in such applications is the nature of the nanoparticles present in the polymer.…”

“…[13][14][15] However, these methods provide limited control over the spatial distribution of the particles, and close attention must also be paid to the dispersibility and solubility of the nanoparticles and polymer in the solvent. Sputtering and vacuum vapor deposition methods may also be used to introduce nanoparticles into polymer thin lms synthesized by plasma polymerization, 5 although these techniques require large-scale and expensive apparatuses and substantial amounts of energy, which leads to high manufacturing costs.…”