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Thermosensitive Au‐PNIPA Yolk–Shell Nanoparticles with Tunable Selectivity for Catalysis
Author(s) -
Wu Shuang,
Dzubiella Joachim,
Kaiser Julian,
Drechsler Markus,
Guo Xuhong,
Ballauff Matthias,
Lu Yan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201106515
Subject(s) - nanoreactor , nitrobenzene , selectivity , nanoparticle , colloidal gold , shell (structure) , nanotechnology , catalysis , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material
Selectivity in nanoreactors : A hybrid yolk–shell nanostructure that contains gold nanoparticles in the core and thermosensitive microgel poly( N ‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA) as shell is presented. The catalytic selectivity of Au‐PNIPA nanoparticles for the reduction of hydrophilic 4‐nitrophenol and more hydrophobic nitrobenzene with NaBH 4 can be tuned through the volume transition of PNIPA shell (see picture).
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