Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

“Online/Offline”-Shiftable Imprinted Polymer Nanoreactor with Selective/Nonselective-Switchable Catalytic Ability

  • Published:
Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The realization of selective/nonselective-switchable catalytic ability remains a significant challenge in controlled catalytic processes. We herein report an originally-designed imprinted polymer nanoreactor capable of meeting this challenge. This nanoreactor was composed of Ag nanoparticles and a unique holothurian-inspired imprinted polymer carrier that contained mobile molecular chains. These mobile molecular chains, by motioning and lying motionless, enabled the imprinted carrier to function in an “online/offline”-shiftable paradigm, causing switchable access to the encapsulated metal nanoparticles. This nanoreactor showed selective catalytic ability at relatively low temperatures due to the “frozen” molecular chains, which allowed for substrate-selective access to the encapsulated metal nanoparticles (i.e., imprinted carrier’s “online” status). In contrast, this nanoreactor provided non-selective catalysis at relatively high temperatures in response to the increased mobility of these molecular chains, which resulted in dismantling the selective access (i.e., imprinted carrier’s “offline” status). Unlike reported imprinted polymer nanoreactors which simply provide selective catalysis, this novel nanoreactor allows selective/nonselective-switchable catalysis in virtue of the bio-inspired design. This study opens up opportunities to modulate catalytic selectivity for controlled chemical processes.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Scheme 1
Scheme 2
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Scheme 3
Fig. 8

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. J. Liu, Q. Yang, C. Li, Chem. Commun. 51, 13731–13739 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. H. Zhang, T. Piacham, M. Drew, M. Patek, K. Mosbach, L. Ye, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 4178–4179 (2006)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. S. Hecht, Chem. Euro. J. 21, 7532–7539 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. J. Wackerlig, R. Schirhagl, Anal. Chem. 88, 250–261 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. R. Ahmad, N. Griffete, A. Lamouri, N. Felidj, M.M. Chehimi, C. Mangeney, Chem. Mater. 27, 5464–5478 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. J.G. Hernandez, I.S. Butler, T. Friscic, Chem. Sci. 5, 3576–3582 (2014)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. C. Chizallet, P. Raybaud, Catal. Sci. Technol. 4, 2797–2813 (2014)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. F. Gao, Q. Xu, H. Yang, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limn. 29, 252–260 (2011)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. L. Ionov, Adv. Funct. Mater. 23, 4555–4570 (2013)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. L.H. Tan, H. Xing, Y. Lu, Acc. Chem. Res. 47, 1881–1890 (2014)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. K. Ariga, J. Li, J. Fei, Q. Ji, J.P. Hill, Adv. Mater. 28, 1251–1286 (2016)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. M.G. Klanian, J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 444, 31–37 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. L. Chen, S. Xu, J. Li, Chem. Soc. Rev. 40, 2922–2942 (2011)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. J. Zheng, L. Ma, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 25, 2156–2161 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. S. Li, S. Gong, Adv. Funct. Mater. 19, 2601–2606 (2009)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Y. Han, X. Yuan, M. Zhu, S. Li, M. Whitcombe, S.A. Piletsky, Adv. Funct. Mater. 24, 4996–5001 (2014)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. R. Luo, M. Zhu, X. Shen, S. Li, J. Catal. 331, 49–56 (2015)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Y. Zhou, M. Zhu, S. Li, J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 6834–6839 (2014)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Y. Lin, J. Jin, M. Song, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 3455–3461 (2011)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. B. Peng, X. Yuan, M. Zhu, S. Li, Polym. Chem. 5, 562–566 (2014)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors want to express their gratitude to the National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51473070, 21403091). Thanks also should be expressed to the Jiangsu Province for support under both the innovation/entrepreneurship program (Surencaiban [2015]26) and the scientific research program (BK20130486).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Tingting Zhou, Maiyong Zhu, Shuping Wu & Songjun Li

Authors
  1. Tingting Zhou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Maiyong Zhu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Shuping Wu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Songjun Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Songjun Li.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Zhou, T., Zhu, M., Wu, S. et al. “Online/Offline”-Shiftable Imprinted Polymer Nanoreactor with Selective/Nonselective-Switchable Catalytic Ability. J Inorg Organomet Polym 27, 21–30 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-016-0435-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-016-0435-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation