Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.7, 930-931, 2004
A novel approach for the preparation of silver-silica nanocomposite
A novel route for the synthesis of silver-silica nanocomposite has been explored. We have employed dendrimer-protected silver nanoparticles, which act as a template to synthesize silica from its precursor on sol-gel processes. It has been observed that in the composite the nanosize silver particles are homogeneously dispersed in the silica matrix.