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Highly active human-hair-supported noble metal (Ag or Ru) nanocomposites for rapid and selective reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol

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Highly efficient nanocomposites (Ag/HHP and Ru/HHP) of Ag and Ru nanoparticles (NPs) supported on human hair powder (HHP) were prepared for reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol. Ag/HHP and Ru/HHP worked well for reduction of 4-NP with faster reaction rate, exhibiting best rate constant (k app) of 5.94 × 10−2 s−1 and 6.12 × 10−2 s−1, respectively. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, these are the most efficient nanocatalysts for reduction of 4-NP reported to date. Both Ag/HHP and Ru/HHP could be reused without significant loss in catalytic activity; the physicochemical stability of Ag/HHP and Ru/HHP (after 10th use) was found to be excellent. A mechanism for the catalytic reduction of 4-NP is proposed, and the catalytic activity of the present materials is compared with previously reported results.

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This study was supported by Konkuk University KU research professor program. This work was supported by a grant from the Next-Generation BioGreen21 Program (Center for Nutraceutical & Pharmaceutical Materials no. PJ01180902), Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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  1. Department of Applied Bioscience, College of Life and Environment Science, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, South Korea

    Mayakrishnan Gopiraman & Ill-Min Chung

  2. Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 620 015, India

    Somasundaram Saravanamoorthy

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Gopiraman, M., Saravanamoorthy, S. & Chung, IM. Highly active human-hair-supported noble metal (Ag or Ru) nanocomposites for rapid and selective reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol. Res Chem Intermed 43, 5601–5614 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-017-2950-3

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