One-pot synthesis of responsive catalytic Au@PVP hybrid nanogels

Chuanfu Xiao; Shoumin Chen; Laiying Zhang; Shuiqin Zhou; Weitai Wu

doi:10.1039/c2cc36002k

One-pot synthesis of responsive catalytic Au@PVP hybrid nanogels

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Dec 14;48(96):11751-3. doi: 10.1039/c2cc36002k. Epub 2012 Oct 29.

Authors

Chuanfu Xiao¹, Shoumin Chen, Laiying Zhang, Shuiqin Zhou, Weitai Wu

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.

PMID: 23108039
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc36002k

Abstract

Responsive catalytic hybrid nanogels with Au nanoparticle cores and a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) based gel shell are prepared through a novel one-pot approach. The embedded Au nanoparticles demonstrate both a pH-modulated catalytic activity and anti-aggregation properties upon recycling.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Gels / chemical synthesis
Gels / chemistry*
Gold / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Nitrophenols / chemistry
Oxidation-Reduction
Povidone / chemical synthesis
Povidone / chemistry*
Protons

Substances

Gels
Nitrophenols
Protons
Gold
Povidone
4-nitrophenol