Press Release 2010
Gold egg in box for innovative catalyses
This research was conducted by
Ajayan Vinu & Katsuhiko Ariga
Ajayan Vinu & Katsuhiko Ariga
A simple and facile approach for the fabrication of gold nanoparticles with a tunable size inside the confined nanoporous matrix, without any size controlling or stabilizing or reducing agent, has been developed for the first time.
Figure 1. Gold egg in nanoporous confined matrix and its application for synthesis of propargylamines. (a) Synthesis scheme of gold nanoparticles in MCN with inbuilt functional groups. (b) HRTEM image of gold nanoparticles in MCN. (c) Synthesis of propargylamines using gold nanoparticle encapsulated MCN.