Chemical Synthesis of Stable Nano-Sized Water-Organic Copper Dispersions

I. N. Terskaya, D. S. Sal’nikov, S. V. Makarov, O. V. Yarovaya*, and S. A. Lilin**

Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, pr. F. Engel’sa 7, Ivanovo, 153000 Russia;

* D.I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya pl. 9, Moscow, 125047 Russia;

** Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Akademicheskaya 1, Ivanovo, 153045 Russia

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Received January 25, 2008

Abstract — The formation of aggregatively stable copper dispersions by the reduction of copper salts with thiourea dioxide or sodium hydroxymethane sulfinate in a water–organic solvent is studied. X-ray electron spectroscopy and photon correlation spectroscopy showed that the chemically formed copper exists as nano-sized particles.