title: Glucose-mediated catalysis of Au nanoparticles in microgels.
abstract: The catalytic activity of Au nanoparticles in phenylboronic acid-containing polymer microgels can be tuned through the swelling-deswelling transition of the microgels in response to changes in glucose concentration. Upon adding glucose, the model catalytic reduction of hydrophilic 4-nitrophenol is accelerated, while the reduction of relatively more hydrophobic nitrobenzene slows down.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. wuwtxmu@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qingshi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. wuwtxmu@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. wuwtxmu@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Aiping
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. wuwtxmu@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wenting
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. wuwtxmu@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. wuwtxmu@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Weitai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D005782:Gels / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D006046:Gold; C036077:nitrobenzene; D005947:Glucose