title: Polymer-stabilized palladium nanoparticles for catalytic membranes: ad hoc polymer fabrication.
abstract: Metal nanoparticles are known as highly effective catalysts although their immobilization on solid supports is frequently required to prevent aggregation and to facilitate the catalyst application, recovery, and reuse. This paper reports the intermatrix synthesis of Pd0 nanoparticles in sulfonated polyethersulfone with Cardo group membranes and their use as nanocomposite catalytic membrane reactors. The synthesized polymer and the corresponding nanocomposite were characterized by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. The catalytic efficiency of catalytic membranes was evaluated by following the reduction of p-nitrophenol in the presence of NaBH4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, UPC, C/Colom, 1, 08222 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. Jorge.Macanas@upc.edu.
authors.forename: Berta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Domènech
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Dmitri N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Muraviev
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macanás