title: A silica-based magnetic platform decorated with mixed ligand gold nanoparticles: a recyclable catalyst for esterification reactions.
abstract: A novel and convenient synthetic strategy for the preparation of magnetically responsive silica nanospheres decorated with mixed ligand protected gold nanoparticles is described. Gold nanoparticles are attached to the silica surface via stable amide bond formation. The hierarchical nanospheres show promising results as reusable and efficient catalysts for esterification reactions and they can be recovered through a simple magnetic separation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland. francesco.stellacci@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ertem
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, E-08193 Spain. roig@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Nerea
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murillo-Cremaes
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland. francesco.stellacci@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Randy Patrick
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Carney
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, E-08193 Spain. roig@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laromaine
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland. francesco.stellacci@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Emma-Rose
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Janeček
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, E-08193 Spain. roig@icmab.es.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roig
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland. francesco.stellacci@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stellacci