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ArticleACS applied electronic materials2026

Lignin-Based Copper Nanoparticles for Green and Flexible Electronics.

María Salvador, Antonio Santana-Otero, Yilian Fernández-Afonso, Sabino Veintemillas-Verdaguer, André Van Zomeren, Salvador Bertran-Llorens, Alejandro Gutiérrez, María Del Puerto Morales

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Article in ACS applied electronic materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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María SalvadorInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM/CSIC, C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6865-7397
Antonio Santana-OteroInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM/CSIC, C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-4093
Yilian Fernández-AfonsoInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM/CSIC, C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0970-1917
Sabino Veintemillas-VerdaguerInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM/CSIC, C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3015-1470
André Van ZomerenThe Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Energy and Materials Transition, Biobased and Circular Technologies Group, P.O. Box 15, 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0670-4100
Salvador Bertran-LlorensThe Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Energy and Materials Transition, Biobased and Circular Technologies Group, P.O. Box 15, 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-7976
Alejandro GutiérrezDepartamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1150-0719
María Del Puerto MoralesInstituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM/CSIC, C/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7290-7029

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Abstract

Copper nanoparticles offer a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to silver-based materials for conductive inks in printed and flexible electronics. However, their practical application is often hindered by the need for inert atmospheres and environmentally hazardous reducing agents, but most critically by their rapid postsynthesis oxidation. In this work, we report a green, scalable synthesis of oxidation-resistant metallic Cu nanoparticles via a microwave-assisted polyol method using sodium hypophosphite as a nontoxic reducing agent and lignin as a capping and stabilizing agent. Nanoparticle formation occurs during a final microwave irradiation step as short as 5 min, following a brief homogenization stage, resulting in moderately polydisperse particles with average diameters around 150 nm and without the need for an inert atmosphere. The lignin coating significantly enhances the stability of the particles, maintaining their metallic state for over 120 days in ethanol and 60 days in air. Structural and compositional analyses confirm the effectiveness of lignin in preventing surface oxidation, while electrical conductivity tests show promising values (up to 3.83 × 10

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conductive nanoinkscopper nanoparticlesgreen synthesisligninmicrowave-assisted polyol synthesisoxidation resistanceprinted electronics

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