title: In situ formation of Ag flowerlike and dendritic nanostructures in aqueous solution and hydrolysis of an amphiphilic block copolymer.
abstract: Silver flowerlike and dendritic nanostructures were synthesized in an aqueous solution of a hydrolysable amphiphilic block copolymer polyvinylacetone (PVKA) via in situ reduction of Ag(+) and hydrolysis of PVKA at room temperature. Compared with a previous result, the complete hydrolysis time of PVKA is greatly shortened in this process.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Structure Research Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Academia Sinica, Hefei 230026, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei-Tai
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wenmin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Guoyong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qingren
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yusong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lu