“…Copper has been photodeposited in the form of nanoparticles and thin films using UV and visible light excitation from a small number of precursors . The bulk of the research on copper precursors was done on Cu(hfac)(TMVS) (hfac = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedionato; TMVS = trimethylsilylethene), − Cu(hfac) 2 , − and Cu(TMHD) 2 . − Other copper precursors that have been studied include Cu(hfac)(COD) (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene), Cu(hfac)(MHY) (MHY = 2-methyl-1-hexene-3-yne), Cu(acac) 2 (acac = 2,4-pentanedionato), CuCp(Et 3 P) (Cp = cyclopentadienyl; Et 3 P = triethylphosphine), Cu(tfa) 2 (tfa = 1,1,1-trifluoro-5,5-dimethyl-2,4-hexanedionato), and Cu(baa) 2 (baa = tert -butylacetoacetato) …”