Cu particles with different architectures such as pyramid, cube, and multipod have been successfully fabricated on the surface of Au films, which is the polycrystalline Au substrate with (111) domains, using the electrodeposition technique in the presence of the surfacecapping reagents of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid and poly(vinylpyrrolidone). Further, the growth evolution of pyramidal Cu nano...

We propose a method for the synthesis of a colloidal ZnO solution with poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) as stabilizer. Stable colloidal solutions with good luminescence properties are obtained by using PVP as stabilizer in the synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles by a sol-gel method assisted by ultrasound. Nanoparticles with sizes of 30-40 nm in a PVP matrix are produced as a solid product. The colloid...

A simple sonochemical route was developed for the crystal growth of uniform silver nanoplates and ringlike gold nanocrystals in a N,N-dimethylformamide solution. The platelike structures were generated from the selective growth on different crystal planes in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and the ultrasonic-assisted Ostwald ripening processes. The silver nanoplates in solution served as...

poly (vinylpyrrolidone)-grafted silica as an organic-inorganic hybrid material was used as an effective heterogeneous polymeric cosolvent catalyst in organic reactions. this modified silica catalyzed nucleophilic displacement of alkyl halides for easy preparation of alkyl thiocyanates, alkyl cyanides, alkyl azides and alkyl aryl ethers. furthermore, the catalyst was applied for the conversion o...

Biofunctionality and biocompatibility are essential when tissue or organs supplemented replaced with a polymer based material. Here, we prepared stearyl methacrylate (SM) vinylpyrrolidone (VP) biocompatible SM-x networks self-healing shape memory properties. The mole ratios were gradually changed from hydrophilic to hydrophobic units between 10 90% obtain gels meeting the requirements in variou...

In this research, Au nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by modified polyol method with commercial precursors to be gold (III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O), ethylene glycol (EG), poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), sodium borohydride (NaBH4). The structure and properties of as-prepared have been investigated X ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-vis-NIR spec...