Effect of Gold Nanoparticle Size on Regulated Catalytic Activity of Temperature-Responsive Polymer-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid Microgels.

ABSTRACT: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) possess attractive electronic, optical, and catalytic properties, enabling many potential applications. Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAAm) is a temperature-responsive polymer that changes its hydrophilicity upon a slight temperature change, and combining PNIPAAm with AuNPs allows us to modulate the properties of AuNPs by temperature. In a previous study, we proposed a simpler method for designing PNIPAAm-AuNP hybrid microgels, which used an AuNP monomer with polymerizable groups. The size of AuNPs is the most important factor influencing their catalytic performance, and numerous studies have emphasized the importance of controlling the size of AuNPs by adjusting their stabilizer concentration. This paper focuses on the effect of AuNP size on the cataly

SUBMITTER: Pongsanon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11202582 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature