title: Enhanced photocatalytic activity of gold nanoparticles driven by supramolecular host-guest chemistry.
abstract: Functionalization of gold nanoparticles with supramolecular hosts allows their plasmon-based photocatalytic activity to be enhanced. This is mainly ascribed to the formation of labile host-guest complexes with the reagent molecules on the metal surface, thus promoting nanoparticle-substrate approximation without interfering with the light-induced catalytic process.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Mariona.Sodupe@uab.cat Jordi.Hernando@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Mariona.Sodupe@uab.cat Jordi.Hernando@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peccati
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Mariona.Sodupe@uab.cat Jordi.Hernando@uab.cat.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bourdelande
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Mariona.Sodupe@uab.cat Jordi.Hernando@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Solans-Monfort
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Mariona.Sodupe@uab.cat Jordi.Hernando@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guirado
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Mariona.Sodupe@uab.cat Jordi.Hernando@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Mariona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sodupe
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain. Mariona.Sodupe@uab.cat Jordi.Hernando@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1126-4138
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernando