Ionic cellulose-stabilized gold nanoparticles and their application in the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

A novel strategy for the synthesis of highly stable gold nanoparticles (GNPs) was designed by reducing HAuCl 4 with NaBH 4 in an aqueous solution of water-soluble ionic cellulose composed of dimethylimidazolium cations and phosphite-bound cellulose anions. NMR and UV-Vis analysis along with the meas...

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Published in:RSC advances 2018-01, Vol.8 (4), p.1758-1763
Main Authors: Hwang, J, Siddique, A. B, Kim, Y. J, Lee, H, Maeng, J. H, Ahn, Y, Lee, J. S, Kim, H. S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aminophenol
Catalysis
Catalytic activity
Cellulose
Chemical reduction
Chemical synthesis
Chemistry
Gold
Nanoparticles
Nitrophenol
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Strong interactions (field theory)
Zeta potential
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Summary:A novel strategy for the synthesis of highly stable gold nanoparticles (GNPs) was designed by reducing HAuCl 4 with NaBH 4 in an aqueous solution of water-soluble ionic cellulose composed of dimethylimidazolium cations and phosphite-bound cellulose anions. NMR and UV-Vis analysis along with the measurement of the zeta potential suggest that the exceptionally high stability of GNPs originates from the strong interaction of GNPs with the phosphite groups of the ionic cellulose. The thus prepared GNPs exhibit excellent catalytic activity for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol, a model hydrogenation reaction. Gold nanoparticles (GNP) were highly stabilized by water soluble ionic cellulose by the strong interaction of GNP with the phosphite groups and showed extremely high catalytic activity for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol.
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/c7ra11393e