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Macromol. Rapid Commun. 8/2016
Author(s) -
Villalobos Luis Francisco,
Xie Yihui,
Nunes Suzana Pereira,
Peinemann KlausViktor
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201670031
Subject(s) - palladium , membrane , front cover , catalysis , nanoparticle , polymer , layer (electronics) , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , ion , materials science , phase (matter) , fabrication , nitro , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , cover (algebra) , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , medicine , biochemistry , alternative medicine , alkyl , pathology
Front Cover: Catalytically active asymmetric membranes have been developed with high loadings of palladium nanoparticles located solely in the membrane's ultrathin skin layer. Three polymers have been synthesized for this purpose. Palladium ions are loaded in the top selective layer during the membrane fabrication process, via a combination of complexation and nonsolvent‐induced phase separation. A further reduction step is carried out to reduce the ions to palladium nanoparticles. The catalytic activity of the membranes is verified with the reduction of a nitro‐compound and with a liquid phase Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction. Very short reaction times are observed. Further details can be found in the article by L. F. Villalobos, Y. Xie, S. P. Nunes, and K.‐V. Peinemann* on page 700.