title: Facile Decoration of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Hetero-oligophenylene Stabilized-Gold Nanoparticles: Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B Dye.
abstract: A hetero-oligophenylene derivative 3 has been designed and synthesized which forms fluorescent spherical aggregates in mixed aqueous media due to its aggregation-induced emission enhancement characteristics. These fluorescent aggregates act as a ratiometric probe for the detection of gold ions in aqueous media and serve as reactors and stabilizers for the preparation of gold nanoparticles. The in situ generated gold nanoparticles have been decorated on multiwalled carbon nanotubes to form AuNPs@MWCNTs nanohybrid materials, which serve as recyclable photocatalysts for carrying out degradation of rhodamine dye in aqueous media.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, UGC Sponsored Centre for Advanced Studies-25 1, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Sharanjeet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, UGC Sponsored Centre for Advanced Studies-25 1, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhalla
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, UGC Sponsored Centre for Advanced Studies-25 1, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: AuNPs; AuNPs@MWCNTs nanohybrid; aggregation induced emission enhancement; hetero-oligophenylene; photocatalysis