title: The significant impact of polydopamine on the catalytic performance of the carried Au nanoparticles.
abstract: Mussel-inspired polydopamine catalyst carriers dramatically enhance the catalytic performance (∼450%) of Au nanoparticles in methylene blue reduction, which is attributed to the local enrichment mechanism caused by the favourable attractive interaction between the polydopamine and reactants.
authors.affiliation: Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Australia. haolan.xu@unsia.edu.au.
authors.forename: Aijing
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yijun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Haolan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000737:chemistry*; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D009596:Nitrophenols; D011108:Polymers; C568283:polydopamine; D006046:Gold; D008751:Methylene Blue