Facile Hydrogen‐Bond‐Assisted Polymerization and Immobilization Method to Synthesize Hierarchical Fe3O4@Poly(4‐vinylpyridine‐co‐divinylbenzene)@Au Nanostructures and Their Catalytic Applications |
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Authors: | Wanchun Guo Qian Wang Prof Ge Wang Mu Yang Prof Wenjun Dong Jie Yu |
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Institution: | 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86)?10‐6232‐7878;2. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing, Zhejiang Science and Technology University, Hangzhou 310012 (P.R. China) |
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Abstract: | Hierarchical Fe3O4@poly(4‐vinylpyridine‐co‐divinylbenzene)@Au (Fe3O4@P(4‐VP–DVB)@Au) nanostructures were fabricated successfully by means of a facile two‐step synthesis process. In this study, well‐defined core–shell Fe3O4@P(4‐VP–DVB) microspheres were first prepared with a simple polymerization method, in which 4‐VP was easily polymerized on the surface of Fe3O4 nanoparticles by means of strong hydrogen‐bond interactions between ? COOH groups on poly(acrylic acid)‐modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles and a 4‐VP monomer. HAuCl4 was adsorbed on the chains of a P(4‐VP) shell and then reduced to Au nanoparticles by NaBH4, which were embedded into the P(4‐VP) shell of the composite microspheres to finally form the Fe3O4@P(4‐VP–DVB)@Au nanostructures. The obtained Fe3O4@P(4‐VP–DVB)@Au catalysts with different Au loadings were applied in the reduction of 4‐nitrophenol (4‐NP) and exhibited excellent catalytic activity (up to 3025 h?1 of turnover frequency), facile magnetic separation (up to 31.9 emu g?1 of specific saturation magnetization), and good durability (over 98 % of conversion of 4‐NP after ten runs of recyclable catalysis and almost negligible leaching of Au). |
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Keywords: | gold hydrogen bonds nanostructures polymerization supported catalysts |
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