Issue 13, 2017

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of gold nanoparticles driven by supramolecular host–guest chemistry

Abstract

Functionalization of gold nanoparticles with supramolecular hosts allows their plasmon-based photocatalytic activity to be enhanced. This is mainly ascribed to the formation of labile host–guest complexes with the reagent molecules on the metal surface, thus promoting nanoparticle-substrate approximation without interfering with the light-induced catalytic process.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced photocatalytic activity of gold nanoparticles driven by supramolecular host–guest chemistry

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Dec 2016
Accepted
23 Jan 2017
First published
23 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 2126-2129

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of gold nanoparticles driven by supramolecular host–guest chemistry

M. Padilla, F. Peccati, J. L. Bourdelande, X. Solans-Monfort, G. Guirado, M. Sodupe and J. Hernando, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 2126 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09600J

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