Immobilization and recovery of au nanoparticles from anion exchange resin: resin-bound nanoparticle matrix as a catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Snigdhamayee Praharaj; Sudip Nath; Sujit Kumar Ghosh; Subrata Kundu; Tarasankar Pal

doi:10.1021/la0486281

Immobilization and recovery of au nanoparticles from anion exchange resin: resin-bound nanoparticle matrix as a catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Langmuir. 2004 Nov 9;20(23):9889-92. doi: 10.1021/la0486281.

Authors

Snigdhamayee Praharaj¹, Sudip Nath, Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Subrata Kundu, Tarasankar Pal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India.

PMID: 15518467
DOI: 10.1021/la0486281

Abstract

The immobilization of gold nanoparticles in anion exchange resin and their quantitative retrieval by means of a cationic surfactant, cetylpyridinium chloride, is studied. The resin-bound gold nanoparticles (R-Au) have been used successfully as a solid-phase catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by sodium borohydride. At the end of the reaction, the solid matrix remains activated and separated from the product. The recycling of catalyst particles after the quantitative reduction of 4-nitrophenol and the recovery of gold nanoparticles with unaffected particle morphology from the resin-bound gold nanoparticle entity have been reported.