Research Article

Crystallizing Vanadium Pentoxide Nanostructures in the Solid-State Using Modified Block Copolymer and Chitosan Complexes

Table 1

Experimental details of the reactions for the formation of the precursors.

PrecursorRatio M/polymerMass of polymer (g)Mass of metallic salt (g)Color of the product

PSP-co-4-PVP·(VCl3)(1) 1 : 10.33160.4990Gray-green
(2) 1 : 51.6150.5181Gray-green
(3) 1 : 101.1120.1709Black

Chitosan·(VCl3)(4) 1 : 10.55770.5016Black
(5) 1 : 52.7910.1712Red-dark
(6) 1 : 101.8560.058Green-dark