Abstract—Ag0 nanoparticles are prepared via the reduction of silver ions by copolymers of N,N-dimethyl-
aminoethyl methacrylate and 2-deoxy--methacrylamido-D-glucose of various compositions in water at
room temperature. It is found that an insignificant part of the macromolecules is involved in the reduction of
Ag+ to Ag0 and stabilization of the resulting nanoparticles. As shown by flow-birefringence studies, the optical
properties of solutions of stabilized silver nanoparticles change abruptly relative to the optical properties of
the solutions of the initial copolymers.