title: Jellyfish mesoglea as a matrix for the synthesis of extremely high content silver dendrites.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Using macroporous jellyfish mesoglea which consists of nano-sized layers and fibers as a matrix, metal nanoparticles with different morphologies might be formed in it.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hierarchical silver dendrites are prepared by in situ reduction of silver nitrate (AgNO3) in the jellyfish mesoglea.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The formation of silver dendrites is affected by the concentration of AgNO3. The biogel-metal nanoparticles hybrid materials with silver dendrites show an extremely high solid content of silver dendrites and good catalytic activity as well as excellent recyclability for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP).
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China. Electronic address: holidaycyn@163.com.
authors.forename: Ya-Nan
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, PR China. Electronic address: wanghl@bnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Huiliang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Hydrogel; Jellyfish; Nanoparticle; Silver dendrite