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Size-selective preparation of gold nanoparticles stabilized on chitosan using the matrix-transfer method

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This paper describes the size-selective preparation of gold nanoparticles stabilized on chitosan. The exchange of the matrix from the size-selectively prepared Au:PVPs(K-15) to chitosan (chit) proceeded by the mixing of Au:PVPs(K-15) and chitosan in an immiscible two-phasic solvent system to produce Au:chits, where 2-PrOH acts as a mediator. The size dependency of the catalytic activity of the thus-prepared Au:chits is investigated using a homocoupling reaction of phenylboronic acid under aerobic conditions to find that 2.3 nm-sized Au:chit exhibited the best catalytic activity, but the smaller-sized (1.4 nm) catalyst is better for the product selectivity.

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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI grant nos. (19H00912, HS), (19K22187, HS), (20K15279, YU); the JST-Mirai Program (JPMJMI18E3, HS). NA acknowledges JSPS for the scholarship.

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    Nazgul Assan, Yuta Uetake & Hidehiro Sakurai

  2. Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Yuta Uetake & Hidehiro Sakurai

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Assan, N., Uetake, Y. & Sakurai, H. Size-selective preparation of gold nanoparticles stabilized on chitosan using the matrix-transfer method. J Nanopart Res 25, 50 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-023-05700-x

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