Highly Stable,Water‐Dispersible Metal‐Nanoparticle‐Decorated Polymer Nanocapsules and Their Catalytic Applications |
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| Authors: | Gyeongwon Yun Dr. Zahid Hassan Jiyeong Lee Jeehong Kim Dr. Nam‐Suk Lee Dr. Nam Hoon Kim Dr. Kangkyun Baek Dr. Ilha Hwang Prof. Dr. Chan Gyung Park Prof. Dr. Kimoon Kim |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Center for Self‐assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Pohang, 790‐784 (Republic of Korea);2. Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790‐784 (Republic of Korea);3. National Institute for Nanomaterials Technology (NINT), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790‐784 (Republic of Korea);4. Department of Material Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790‐784 (Republic of Korea);5. Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790‐784 (Republic of Korea) http://csc.ibs.re.kr/ |
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| Abstract: | A facile synthesis of highly stable, water‐dispersible metal‐nanoparticle‐decorated polymer nanocapsules (M@CB‐PNs: M=Pd, Au, and Pt) was achieved by a simple two‐step process employing a polymer nanocapsule (CB‐PN) made of cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6]) and metal salts. The CB‐PN serves as a versatile platform where various metal nanoparticles with a controlled size can be introduced on the surface and stabilized to prepare new water‐dispersible nanostructures useful for many applications. The Pd nanoparticles on CB‐PN exhibit high stability and dispersibility in water as well as excellent catalytic activity and recyclability in carbon–carbon and carbon–nitrogen bond‐forming reactions in aqueous medium suggesting potential applications as a green catalyst. |
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| Keywords: | cucurbituril heterogeneous catalysis nanoparticles polymer nanocapsules support material |
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