Issue 10, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Self-assembled nanofibers from leucine derived amphiphiles as nanoreactors for growth of ZnOnanoparticles†

Karen T. Johnson,a   Theodore E. Gribb,a   Evan M. Smoaka  and  Ipsita A. Banerjee*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York, USA
E-mail: banerjee@fordham.edu
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Abstract

We report a new method for the green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles. A new leucine-based diamine amphiphile was synthesized and self-assembled, which in the presence of Zn2+ ions assembled into nanofibers, that efficiently formed ZnO nanoparticles upon heating in the presence of Zn(CH3COO)2. Further, these ZnO nanoparticles functioned as efficient photocatalysts.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembled nanofibers from leucine derived amphiphiles as nanoreactors for growth of ZnO nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B921254J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Oct 2009
Accepted
26 Nov 2009
First published
12 Jan 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 1757-1759

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Self-assembled nanofibers from leucine derived amphiphiles as nanoreactors for growth of ZnO nanoparticles

K. T. Johnson, T. E. Gribb, E. M. Smoak and I. A. Banerjee, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1757 DOI: 10.1039/B921254J

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