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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL
Volume 341, Issue 1-2, Pages 1-6Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2011.03.019
Keywords
Gold; Bimetallic cluster; Chitosan; Aerobic oxidation; Alcohol
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- MEXT
- NEDO
- JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [09F09241] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Chitosan was used as a stabilizer for the synthesis of Au, AuPd and AuPt nanoclusters (NCs). The produced NCs had a narrow particle size distribution with sizes less than 2.3 nm in diameter and were characterized by various techniques such as UV-Visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscope energy dispersive spectroscopy (STEM-EDS). These metal NCs exhibited high catalytic activity toward the aerobic oxidation of various alcohols under ambient conditions comparable with the reported Au:PVP catalyst. Au NCs protected by chitosan could easily be recovered for repeated use. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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