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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A convenient approach for the straightforward synthesis of highly dispersed silver nanoparticles (below 5 nm) in a carbon or silicon dioxide matrix through twin polymerization is reported. The obtained mainly microporous carbon (type I isotherm) and mesoporous silica materials (type IV isotherm) exhibit a rather high surface area (carbon = 1034 m<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> g<jats:sup>–1</jats:sup>, SiO<jats:sub>2</jats:sub> = 666 m<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> g<jats:sup>–1</jats:sup>).</jats:p>