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Chemical Communications

The significant impact of polydopamine on the catalytic performance of the carried Au nanoparticles†

Aijing Ma,a   Yijun Xie,b   Jie Xu,a   Hongbo Zeng*b  and  Haolan Xu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Australia
E-mail: haolan.xu@unsia.edu.au

b Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
E-mail: hongbo.zeng@ualberta.ca

Abstract

Mussel-inspired polydopamine catalyst carriers dramatically enhance the catalytic performance (∼450%) of Au nanoparticles in methylene blue reduction, which is attributed to the local enrichment mechanism caused by the favourable attractive interaction between the polydopamine and reactants.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC08489F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Oct 2014
Accepted
03 Dec 2014
First published
03 Dec 2014

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 1469-1471

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The significant impact of polydopamine on the catalytic performance of the carried Au nanoparticles

A. Ma, Y. Xie, J. Xu, H. Zeng and H. Xu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 1469 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC08489F

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