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A Facile Strategy to Support Palladium Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes, Employing Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Surface Modifier (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 9/2014)
Author(s) -
Cardoso Mariana B. T.,
Lewis Edward,
Castro Pollyana S.,
Dantas Luiza M. F.,
De Oliveira Caio C. S.,
Bertotti Mauro,
Haigh Sarah J.,
Camargo Pedro H. C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201490041
Subject(s) - polyvinylpyrrolidone , palladium , surface modification , carbon nanotube , nanoparticle , chemistry , reducing agent , nanotechnology , solvent , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , materials science , catalysis , organic chemistry , engineering
The cover picture shows the deposition of palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by a simple strategy employing ethanol as the solvent/reducing agent, potassium tetrachloropalladate(II) (K 2 PdCl 4 ) as the Pd precursor, and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as the surface modifier. More specifically, the approach is based on the nonbonding interaction between PVP and the CNTs and does not require any additional functionalization steps, reducing agents, or stabilizers to uniformly distribute Pd NPs on the CNTs. Details are discussed in the article by S. J. Haigh, P. H. C. Camargo et al. on p. 1439 ff . For more on the story behind the cover research, see the Cover Profile .