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β-Cyclodextrin polymer networks stabilized gold nanoparticle with superior catalytic activities

Yong Zhang1,§(), Bing Hu1,§, Xiao-Mei Cao1, Liang Luo1, Yu Xiong3, Zhi-Peng Wang2, Xin Hong1, San-Yuan Ding2()
Key Laboratory of Organo-pharmaceutical Chemistry, Gannan Normal University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ganzhou 341000, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

§ Yong Zhang and Bing Hu contributed equally to this work.

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Support materials play a significant role in heterogeneous nanocatalysis. In this work, β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) was used directly as a monomer to construct polymer networks for gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) immobilization. Using the simple nucleophilic substitution reaction, β-CD based polymer networks (β-CDP-N and β-CDP-C) were successfully prepared. Compared to β-CDP-C, the hydroxyl groups and N atoms in β-CDP-N played a synergistic role in immobilizing smaller Au NPs, thus leading to high catalytic activities. Notably, the apparent rate constant (Kapp) value for Au@β-CDP-N in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol is 14.15 × 10−2 s−1, which shows a significant improvement over all previously reported Au NPs with solid supports under similar conditions. Considering the negligible porosity of the β-CDP-N support, we purposed a "capture-catalysis-release" model to explain the high catalytic activity of Au@β-CDP-N. This explanation is supported by the guest-responsive properties of β-CDP-N. Moreover, the Au@β-CDP-N is easily recycled and maintained its high catalytic efficiency after seven successful cycles.

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β-cyclodextrin polymerAu nanoparticlessuperior catalytic activity4-nitrophenol reduction

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Nano Research
Volume 14 Issue 4,
April 2021
Pages 1018-1025
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3144-7
Cite this article:
Zhang Y, Hu B, Cao X-M, et al. β-Cyclodextrin polymer networks stabilized gold nanoparticle with superior catalytic activities. Nano Research, 2021, 14(4): 1018-1025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3144-7
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