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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/08 (2013.01); C08K 2003/0806 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes heating a sulfonated polyester resin in an organic-free solvent adding an aqueous solution of silver (I) ion to the heated resin to form a mixture and heating the mixture to effect the reduction of silver (I) ion to silver (0) in the absence of an external reducing agent. A composite includes a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix; the composite lacks trace residual byproducts from external reducing agents.