title: Rattle-type microspheres as a support of tiny gold nanoparticles for highly efficient catalysis.
abstract: SiO(2)/poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) (PEGDMA) rattle-type microspheres loaded with tiny sized gold nanoparticles (~2 nm) were prepared through a facile and novel method. Catalyzed reduction of 4-nitrophenol with NaBH(4) demonstrated that this rattle-type microsphere possessed high catalytic efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, the Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hailiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Xinlin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang