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- Title
Catalytic Materials Based on Surface Coating with Poly(ethyleneimine)-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles.
- Authors
Ortega‐Muñoz, Mariano; Blanco, Victor; Hernandez‐Mateo, Fernando; Lopez‐Jaramillo, F. Javier; Santoyo‐Gonzalez, Francisco
- Abstract
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can be obtained from HAuCl4 by using poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) as both reductant and stabilizing agent. However, the known affinity of PEI for different materials has not been exploited to coat them and turn their surface catalytic. We demonstrate that the irradiation of a solution of HAuCl4 and branched PEI 1800 (bPEI2K) with microwave (MW) yields PEI-stabilized AuNPs (MW-PEI@AuNPs) with an average size of 7.6 nm that are catalytically active in the reduction with NaBH4 of different nitroarenes functionalized with a variety of functional groups. Moreover, the as-prepared MW-PE@-AuNPs show affinity for different materials such as polystyrene (standard spectrophotometry disposal cuvettes), polypropylene (Falcon-type tubes), and silica (Silica gel 60), turning their surface catalytic without any additional synthetic step. This feature was exploited to transform standard tubing (Tygon, poly(ether ether ketone), and stainless steel) into flow reactors by simple passage of a solution of MW-PEI@AuNPs. This straightforward functionalization is especially appealing in the case of the stainless-steel tubing, one of the materials more widely used in HPLC, which is of interest for flow nanocatalysis.
- Subjects
SURFACE coatings; GOLD nanoparticles; AZIRIDINES; NANOSTRUCTURED materials; CATALYTIC activity
- Publication
ChemCatChem, 2017, Vol 9, Issue 20, p3965
- ISSN
1867-3880
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cctc.201700776