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Polymers 2011, 3, 1352-1362; doi:10.3390/polym3031352 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Article Nanocomposites Based on Metal and Metal Sulfide Clusters Embedded in Polystyrene Gianfranco Carotenuto 1,*, Cinzia Giannini 2, Dritan Siliqi 2 and Luigi Nicolais 1 1 Istituto per i Materiali Compositi e Biomedici, CNR, Piazzale V. Tecchio, Napoli 80-80125, Italy; E-Mail: nicolais@unina.it (L.N.) 2 Istituto di Cristallografia, CNR, Via G. Amendola, Bari 122/O-70126, Italy; E-Mails: cinzia.giannini@r.it (C.G.); dritan.siliqi@r.it (D.S.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: giancaro@unina.it. Received: 9 July 2011 / Accepted: 10 August 2011 / Published: 22 August 2011 Abstract: Transition-metal alkane-thiolates (i.e., organic salts with formula Me(SR) , x where R is a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group, –CnH2n+1) undergo a thermolysis reaction at moderately low temperatures (close to 200 °C), which produces metal atoms or metal sulfide species and an organic by-product, disulfide (RSSR) or thioether (RSR) molecules, respectively. Alkane-thiolates are non-polar chemical compounds that dissolve in most techno-polymers and the resulting solid solutions can be annealed to generate polymer-embedded metal or metal sulfide clusters. Here, the preparation of silver and gold clusters embedded into amorphous polystyrene by