Bimetallic Au/Ag nanostructures have been included inside SiO 2 by pyrolysis of the macromolecular complexes Chitosan(MLn/M'Ln) n •SiO 2 and PSP-4-PVP⋅(MLn/M'Ln)n•SiO 2 with MLn = AuCl 3 and M'Ln = Ag(CF 3 SO 3). The structural characterization was performed by XRD (X-ray diffraction of powder) and UV-vis, and the microstructural characterization was done by SEM/ EDS analysis HRTEM. The resulting products from the pyrolytic precursors PSP-4-PVP•(AuCl 3 /AgSO 3 CF 3) n •SiO 2 1:1 (1), PSP-4-PVP•(AuCl 3 /AgSO 3 CF 3) n •SiO 2 1:5 (2) , Chitosan•(AuCl 3 /AgSO 3 CF 3) n •SiO 2 1:1 (3) and Chitosan •(AuCl 3 /AgSO 3 CF 3) n •SiO 2 1:5 (4) were Au/Ag//SiO 2 , Au// SiO 2 and Ag// SiO 2 as well as isolated Au and Ag, depending on the polymeric precursor. The Chitosan polymer precursor induces mainly Ag and Ag/SiO 2 nanostructures, while PSP-4-PVP induces mainly Au/Ag nanostructures. This can be explained by the facility to link Ag + to the NH 2 and OH groups of Chitosan than to the pyridine of PSP-4-PVP. On the contrary, Au +3 exhibits most coordination ability to pyridine groups of PSP-4-PVP than NH 2-and OHgroups of Chitosan. EDS mapping analysis indicates a uniform distribution of the Au/Ag nanostructure inside the SiO 2 matrix. Using reflectance diffuse analysis, the plasmon is consistent with the Au/Ag alloys structure.