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Attachment of gold nanoparticles on cellulose nanofibrils via click reactions and electrostatic interactions

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Hybrid materials based on cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are synthesized and novel routes to couple AuNPs on the CNF surface are introduced. Quaternary ammonium, azido, alkyne and amino functional groups were used for the attachment of metal particles on the corresponding functionalized CNF (EPTMAC-CNF, Azido-CNF, Propargyl-CNF, Amino-CNF, respectively). The CNF-based supports were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and the surface charge was assessed by ζ-potential measurements. The AuNPs were attached on the functionalized CNF surface via either electrostatic interactions or click reactions. The obtained CNF/AuNPs hybrid materials were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. The obtained Bio-inorganic hybrid materials are potentially suitable for surface-enhanced Raman scattering, chemosensing and catalytic applications.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Academy of Finland through its Centres of Excellence Programme (2014–2019) “Molecular Engineering of Biosynthetic Hybrid Materials Research” (HYBER). Prof. Janne Ruokolainen and Dr. Hua Jiang are thanked for their help in TEM imaging. We also thank Dr. Xianming Kong for the help in synthesis of AuNPs and Dr. Benjamin Wilson for the linguistic revision of the manuscript.

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  1. Bio-Based Colloids and Materials, Department of Forest Products Technology, School of Chemical Technology, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

    Jiaqi Guo, Ilari Filpponen, Janne Laine & Orlando J. Rojas

  2. Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

    Pingping Su

  3. Departments of Forest Biomaterials and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA

    Orlando J. Rojas

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Guo, J., Filpponen, I., Su, P. et al. Attachment of gold nanoparticles on cellulose nanofibrils via click reactions and electrostatic interactions. Cellulose 23, 3065–3075 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-016-1042-7

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