Solid-state synthesis of metal nanoparticles supported on cellulose nanocrystals and their catalytic activity

WH Eisa, AM Abdelgawad… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis has played a critical role in environmental remediation, for
example, in processes that generate toxic streams. Thus, there is an ever-increasing need …

Green synthesis and formation mechanism of cellulose nanocrystal-supported gold nanoparticles with enhanced catalytic performance

X Wu, C Lu, Z Zhou, G Yuan, R Xiong… - Environmental Science …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Deposition of precious metal catalysts onto the surface of various supporting materials to
enhance the stability and catalytic activity is highly desired. Although extensive studies have …

Strategy for synthesizing porous cellulose nanocrystal supported metal nanocatalysts

X Wu, Z Shi, S Fu, J Chen, RM Berry… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This paper describes a novel platform to prepare small and uniformly distributed metal
nanoparticles (MNPs) on cellulose nanocrystals for use as high performance sustainable …

Cellulose nanocrystals as a novel support for CuO nanoparticles catalysts: facile synthesis and their application to 4-nitrophenol reduction

Z Zhou, C Lu, X Wu, X Zhang - RSC advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted considerable attention due to their
excellent catalytic activities in various organic transformation reactions. However, their …

Recent advances in cellulose supported metal nanoparticles as green and sustainable catalysis for organic synthesis

S Kamel, TA Khattab - Cellulose, 2021 - Springer
Organic reactions generally involve a variety of catalysts and solvents, which may be
inflammable, toxic, and/or corrosive. Consequently, most of these reactions highly influence …

Synthesis and catalytic features of hybrid metal nanoparticles supported on cellulose nanofibers

A Azetsu, H Koga, A Isogai, T Kitaoka - Catalysts, 2011 - mdpi.com
The structural and functional design of metal nanoparticles has recently allowed remarkable
progress in the development of high-performance catalysts. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are …

Catalysis using gold nanoparticles decorated on nanocrystalline cellulose

E Lam, S Hrapovic, E Majid, JH Chong, JHT Luong - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel nanocomposite was prepared by deposition of carbonate-stabilized Au
nanoparticles (AuNPs) onto the surface of poly (diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride)(PDDA) …

A novel reagentless approach for synthesizing cellulose nanocrystal-supported palladium nanoparticles with enhanced catalytic performance

X Wu, C Lu, W Zhang, G Yuan, R Xiong… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a one step and environment-friendly synthesis of cellulose nanocrystal (CN)-
supported palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) without employing any other reductants …

Topochemical synthesis and catalysis of metal nanoparticles exposed on crystalline cellulose nanofibers

H Koga, E Tokunaga, M Hidaka, Y Umemura… - Chemical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Topochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was achieved on crystalline
cellulose single nanofibers (CSNFs), which were tailored from native cellulose. Exposed …

Cellulose nanocrystal-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Role of sulfate groups in nucleation phenomena

AR Lokanathan, KMA Uddin, OJ Rojas… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Developing sustainable chemical methods to synthesize silver nanoparticles has drawn
significant research interest. Due to their unique and well-defined physical-chemical …