Nanostructure based on polymer brushes for efficient heterogeneous catalysis in microreactors

Francesca Costantini; Wojciech P Bula; Riccardo Salvio; Jurriaan Huskens; Han J G E Gardeniers; David N Reinhoudt; Willem Verboom

doi:10.1021/ja807616z

Nanostructure based on polymer brushes for efficient heterogeneous catalysis in microreactors

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Feb 11;131(5):1650-1. doi: 10.1021/ja807616z.

Authors

Francesca Costantini¹, Wojciech P Bula, Riccardo Salvio, Jurriaan Huskens, Han J G E Gardeniers, David N Reinhoudt, Willem Verboom

Affiliation

¹ Molecular Nanofabrication (MnF), University of Twente, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, P.0. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.

PMID: 19143524
DOI: 10.1021/ja807616z

Abstract

PGMA polymer brushes are successfully grown on the inner wall of a microreactor to give a nanostructure. The oxirane groups of the brushes are used for the anchoring of a catalyst. The utility of the combination of catalyst-functionalized brushes and a microreactor is clearly demonstrated for the TBD-catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation reaction of benzaldehyde and malononitrile.