Premium
Decorating Au nanoparticles onto optimized P( t BA‐ co ‐DMAEMA) carriers for ameliorative catalytic capability
Author(s) -
Shen Tong,
Zhong Lina,
Liu Xiaohui,
Zhang Jiatian,
Zhang Dandan,
He Kaibin,
Yuan Conghui,
Xu Yiting,
Dai Lizong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.48920
Subject(s) - copolymer , nanoparticle , catalysis , methacrylate , materials science , colloidal gold , monomer , nitrobenzene , polymer , chemical engineering , nanomaterials , aqueous solution , polymer chemistry , acrylate , polymerization , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , engineering , composite material
Gold nanoparticles are increasingly being explored as novel catalytic nanomaterials due to their great reductive capacity. However, the van der Waals forces between them would bring poor stabilities as well as attenuated catalytic properties in solution. Therefore, it is significant to find carriers that could prevent catalytic gold nanoparticles from agglomerating. Herein, hydrophilic dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and hydrophobic tert ‐butyl acrylate ( t BA) were used as co‐monomers to synthesize copolymer P( t BA‐ co ‐DMAEMA) microspheres by one‐step emulsifier‐free emulsion polymerization. Afterward, the self‐assembly behaviors of the amphiphilic polymers P( t BA‐ co ‐DMAEMA) under different conditions like molar ratio of DMAEMA/ t BA and ethanol/water were explored to reveal an optimal condition for obtaining copolymer with appropriate size and morphology. These microspheres were used as carriers for gold nanoparticles, since HAuCl 4 could be simply reduced and stabilized on their surface. Furthermore, various conditions such as HAuCl 4 content, adding method of HAuCl 4 , protonation time and reducing conditions were filtered for the decoration of gold nanoparticles on the shell of that assembled copolymer. This composite was applied as an excellent catalyst for hydrogenation of hazardous chemicals (4‐nitrophenol and nitrobenzene). And it shows improved catalytic performance for both 4‐nitrophenol in the aqueous system and nitrobenzene in the oil system. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137 , 48920.