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Synthesis and Catalytic Performance of Gold Intercalated in the Walls of Mesoporous Silica
Published on: July 9, 2015
A silica-based magnetic platform decorated with mixed ligand gold nanoparticles: a recyclable catalyst for
Elif Ertem1, Nerea Murillo-Cremaes2, Randy Patrick Carney1
1Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland. francesco.stellacci@epfl.ch.
Abstract:
A novel and convenient synthetic strategy for the preparation of magnetically responsive silica nanospheres decorated with mixed ligand protected gold nanoparticles is described. Gold nanoparticles are attached to the silica surface via stable amide bond formation. The hierarchical nanospheres show promising results as reusable and efficient catalysts for esterification reactions and they can be recovered through a simple magnetic separation.
