Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Abstract:
Catalytic surfaces have been prepared by complexation of palladium on self-assembled terpyridine monolayers on silicon. A reaction-based fluorogenic probe was developed to allow facile visualization of the catalytic potential of the surface. Superior activity of the immobilized catalyst compared with the homogeneous control reactions is demonstrated.