Palladium nanoparticles in carbon thin film-lined SBA-15 nanoreactors: efficient heterogeneous catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction in aqueous media

Embedding Pd nanoparticles in carbon thin film-lined SBA-15 nanoreactors provides highly efficient catalysts for heterogeneous cross coupling reactions in aqueous media. No leaching or aggregation of Pd nanoparticles was found in these nanoreactors after reusing them several times. The carbon thin film lining of these nanoreactors was further confirmed with small molecular arene probing experiments.