A self-switchable Ag nanoreactor exhibiting outstanding catalytic properties

A self-switchable Ag nanoreactor exhibiting outstanding catalytic properties.

A highly efficient nanoreactor that contains silver nanoparticles in hollow silica spheres and an interpolymer network as a gate-keeper has been developed following a facile procedure. The fast "signal-triggered" switch of the smart network results in a high reactivity and a high response rate, yielding improved potential for many practical applications.

Engineered alkane-hydroxylating cytochrome P450(BM3) exhibiting nativelike catalytic properties.

A Self-Switchable Polymer Reactor for Controlled Catalytic Chemistry Processes with a Hyperbranched Structure

A self-switchable polymer reactor with a hyperbranched structure for controlled catalytic chemistry processes is reported. This polymer reactor was made of silver nanoparticles and a polymer carrier consisting of hyperbranched polyethylenimine and hydroxyethyl acrylate that behaved as thermally switchable domains. Below the transfer temperature, relatively strong catalytic reactivity was demons...

Mechanochemical synthesis of crystalline and amorphous digold(I) helicates exhibiting anion- and phase-switchable luminescence properties.

For the first time, mechanochemical synthesis has been used for the preparation of crystalline and amorphous dinuclear gold(i) helicates, [Au2L2](X)2 (L = xantphos; X = CF3SO3, SCN, BF4 and PF6), that show anion- and phase-switchable luminescence properties. This solid-state approach provides strategies for developing switchable luminescent materials.

TiO2 nanoparticles doped SiO2 films with ordered mesopore channels: a catalytic nanoreactor.

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) incorporated ordered 2D hexagonal mesoporous silica (SiO2) films on a glass substrate were fabricated for use as a catalytic nanoreactor. Films were prepared using a tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) derived SiO2 sol and a commercially available dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) in the presence of pluronic P123 as the structure directing agent. The effect of TiO2 dopi...