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Electroactive Polymer Nanoparticles Exhibiting Photothermal Properties
Published on: January 8, 2016
Thermoresponsive polymers based on poly-vinylpyrrolidone: applications in nanoparticle catalysis
Ning Yan1, Jiaguang Zhang, Yuan Yuan
1PKU Green Chemistry Centre, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. yanning@pku.edu.cn
Abstract:
Two thermoresponsive polymers based on alkyl modified poly-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP) that exhibit very sensitive and reversible temperature-dependant water solubility are described. The application of these polymers as Au nanocatalyst stabilizers leads to a "smart" thermoresponsive Au nanoparticle catalyst.

