Direct propylene epoxidation on chemically reduced Au nanoparticles supported on titania

Ju Chou; Eric W McFarland

doi:10.1039/b403213f

Direct propylene epoxidation on chemically reduced Au nanoparticles supported on titania

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Jul 21:(14):1648-9. doi: 10.1039/b403213f. Epub 2004 Jun 9.

Authors

Ju Chou¹, Eric W McFarland

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.

PMID: 15263961
DOI: 10.1039/b403213f

Abstract

A highly selective titania supported propylene epoxidation catalyst was synthesized from chemically reduced, thiol capped, gold nanoparticles, and characterized by TEM and XPS.