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Surface Active Nanoparticles for Interfacial Catalysis

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Aqueous reaction; Interface catalysis pickering emulsions

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Due to the large reaction interface area, Pickering emulsions are emerging as a new platform to design a variety of aqueous reaction systems. The catalysis efficiency and selectivity can be significantly enhanced with the unique oil/water interface.

Background

Using water as reaction solvent is a long-standing goal in view of the fact that all reactions in living systems occur in water and of its unique properties such as low toxicity, noninflammability, low volatility, high heat capacity, and easy separation from most organics [1, 2]. In past decades, researchers have attempted to utilize water as reaction medium in place of organic solvents. Many important reactions such as hydrogenation, oxidation, hydroformylation, C–C coupling, Diels–Alder cycloadditions, Claisen rearrangements, and Fischer–Tropsch (F-T) synthesis have been carried out in water. Among these reactions, aqueous hydroformylation and...

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Wucheng Road 92, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China

    Hengquan Yang & Xia Rong

  2. Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia

    Dayang Wang

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  1. Center for Fiber and Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Shiro Kobayashi

  2. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

    Klaus Müllen

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Yang, H., Rong, X., Wang, D. (2015). Surface Active Nanoparticles for Interfacial Catalysis. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_360

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