Nanostructure based on polymer brushes for efficient heterogeneous catalysis in microreactors.
PGMA polymer brushes are successfully grown on the inner wall of a microreactor to give a nanostructure. The oxirane groups of the brushes are used for the anchoring of a catalyst. The utility of the combination of catalyst-functionalized brushes and a microreactor is clearly demonstrated for the TBD-catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation reaction of benzaldehyde and malononitrile.
Costantini
Francesca
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Molecular Nanofabrication (MnF), University of Twente, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, P.0. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Bula
Wojciech P
WP
Salvio
Riccardo
R
Huskens
Jurriaan
J
Gardeniers
Han J G E
HJ
Reinhoudt
David N
DN
Verboom
Willem
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