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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

AuNPs-Based Thermoresponsive Nanoreactor as an Efficient Catalyst for the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol.

Wei Liu, Xiaolian Zhu, Chengcheng Xu, Zhao Dai, Zhaohui Meng

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Wei LiuState Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. liuhuiwen217@yahoo.com.
Xiaolian ZhuSchool of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. zxl280060217@163.com.
Chengcheng XuSchool of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. 13820360661@163.com.
Zhao DaiSchool of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300387, China. weiliu@tjpu.edu.cn.
Zhaohui MengTianjin Colouroad Coatings & Chemicals Co Ltd, Tianjin 300457, China. colouroadmzh@163.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 21504063, 51678409 and 51708406Program for Innovative Research Team in University of Tianjin TD13-5042Tianjin Natural Science Foundation 17JCQNJC08700Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology 18JCTPJC48600
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Abstract

A new AuNPs-based thermosensitive nanoreactor (SiO₂@PMBA@Au@PNIPAM) was designed and prepared by stabilizing AuNPs in the layer of poly(N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide) (PMBA) and subsequent wrapping with the temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) layer. The new nanoreactor exhibited high dispersibility and stability in aqueous solution and effectively prevented the aggregation of AuNPs caused by the phase transformation of PNIPAM. The XPS and ATR-FTIR results indicated that AuNPs could be well stabilized by PMBA due to the electron transfer between the N atoms of amide groups in the PMBA and Au atoms of AuNPs. The catalytic activity and thermoresponsive property of the new nanoreactor were invested by the reduction of the environmental pollutant, 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), with NaBH₄ as a reductant. It exhibited a higher catalytic activity at 20 °C and 30 °C (below LCST of PNIPAM), but an inhibited catalytic activity at 40 °C (above LCST of PNIPAM). The PNIPAM layer played a switching role in controlling the catalytic rate by altering the reaction temperature. In addition, this nanoreactor showed an easily recyclable property due to the existence of a silica core and also preserved a rather high catalytic efficiency after 16 times of recycling.

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AuNPscatalytic reductiondistillation precipitation polymerizationnanoreactorthermosensitive

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PMID30469465
PMCPMC6315678

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