Photogenerating Silver Nanoparticles and Polymer Nanocomposites by Direct Activation in the Near Infrared

<table>Structures of the sensitizers S1: (5,5′-dichloro-11-diphenylamino-3,3′-diethyl-10,12-ethylenethiatricarbocyanine perchlorate) and S2: (1-Butyl-2-[5-(1-butyl-1H-benzo[cd]indol-2-ylidene)-penta-1,3-dienyl]-benzo[cd]indolium tetrafluoroborate) and of the coinitiator (<i>N</i>-methyldiethanolamine).</table>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Figure 1: Photogenerating Silver Nanoparticles and Polymer Nanocomposites by Direct Activation in the Near Infrared 