title: Glucomannan-mediated facile synthesis of gold nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol.
abstract: A facile one-pot approach for synthesis of gold nanoparticles with narrow size distribution and good stability was presented by reducing chloroauric acid with a polysaccharide, konjac glucomannan (KGM) in alkaline solution, which is green and economically viable. Here, KGM served both as reducing agent and stabilizer. The effects of KGM on the formation and stabilization of as-synthesized gold nanoparticles were studied systematically by a combination of UV-visible (UV-vis) absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, dynamic light scattering, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Furthermore, the gold nanoparticles exhibited a notable catalytic activity toward the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China ; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Rongxin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Renliang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China ; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhimin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
keywords: 4-Nitrophenol; Catalysis; Composites; Glucomannan; Gold nanoparticles