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Preparation of Au quantum clusters with catalytic activity in β-cyclodextrin polyurethane nanosponges

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 136; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.09.010

1879-1344

Diego Andrade Vasconcelos, Tatiana Kubota, Douglas Costa Santos, Márcia Valéria Gaspar de Araújo, Zaine Teixeira, Iara F. Gimenez,

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Here we report the use of β-cyclodextrin polyurethane nanosponges cross-linked with 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate as a template for the preparation of Aun quantum clusters, by the core-etching of glutathione-capped Au nanoparticles. The study of temporal evolution of the core-etching process using different Au concentrations indicated that formation of Aun clusters embedded in the nanosponge is favored by the use of lower Au concentrations, since it began at shorter times and lead to higher cluster loading. An estimation of the number of Au atoms based on the maximum photoluminescence wavelength suggested that, depending on the Au concentration and the core etching time, clusters with 11-15 atoms were formed. After excluding the possibility of an inclusion complex formation, evaluation of the catalytic activity of nanosponge-loaded Aun clusters toward the reduction of 4-nitrophenol has shown that the reaction is catalyzed by the Aun clusters with no induction time, following the Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic model.