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ArticlePolymers2020

Melamine Foams Decorated with In-Situ Synthesized Gold and Palladium Nanoparticles.

Javier Pinto, Suset Barroso-Solares, Davide Magrì, Francisco Palazon, Simone Lauciello, Athanassia Athanassiou, Despina Fragouli

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Javier PintoSmart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3155-8325
Suset Barroso-SolaresSmart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2311-1905
Davide MagrìSmart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3790-5332
Francisco PalazonNanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1503-5965
Simone LaucielloSmart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
Athanassia AthanassiouSmart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6533-3231
Despina FragouliSmart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2492-5134
Italian Institute of Technology · ITUniversidad de Valladolid · ESUniversitat de València · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A versatile and straightforward route to produce polymer foams with functional surface through their decoration with gold and palladium nanoparticles is proposed. Melamine foams, used as polymeric porous substrates, are first covered with a uniform coating of polydimethylsiloxane, thin enough to assure the preservation of their original porous structure. The polydimethylsiloxane layer allows the facile in-situ formation of metallic Au and Pd nanoparticles with sizes of tens of nanometers directly on the surface of the struts of the foam by the direct immersion of the foams into gold or palladium precursor solutions. The effect of the gold and palladium precursor concentration, as well as the reaction time with the foams, to the amount and sizes of the nanoparticles synthesized on the foams, was studied and the ideal conditions for an optimized functionalization were defined. Gold and palladium contents of about 1 wt.% were achieved, while the nanoparticles were proven to be stably adhered to the foam, avoiding potential risks related to their accidental release.

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in-situnoble metal nanoparticlespolydimethylsiloxanepolymer foam

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PMID32316645
PMCPMC7240623
OpenAlexW3017079508

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