Oct 16, 2017· Glucose is commonly used for the synthesis of several products, including nanocomposite materials, via reduction. Copper nanocrystals, crucial in microelectronics and catalysis, were synthesized in aqueous solution using glucose to reduce Cu II to Cu 0 (Jin et al., 2011).When used with hexadecylamine capping agent, Cu nanocrystals were obtained with controlled shape, high purity and …