{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Hang X"],"funding":["Changjiang Scholar Program of Chinese Ministry of Education","Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province"],"pagination":["461-468"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8729796"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Ultrafine metal nanoparticles (MNPs) with size <2 nm are of great interest due to their superior catalytic capabilities. Herein, we report the size-controlled synthesis of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) by using a thiacalixarene-based coordination cage CIAC-108 as a confined host or stabilizer. The Au NPs encapsulated within the cavity of CIAC-108 (Au@CIAC-108) show smaller size (∼1.3 nm) than the ones (∼4.7 nm) anchored on the surface of CIAC-108 (Au/CIAC-108). The cage-embedded Au NPs can be used as a homogeneous catalyst in a mixture of methanol and dichloromethane while as a heterogeneous catalyst in methanol. The homogeneous catalyst Au@CIAC-108-homo exhibits significantly enhanced catalytic activities toward nitroarene reduction and organic dye decomposition, as compared with its larger"],"journal":["Chemical science"],"pubmed_title":["A coordination cage hosting ultrafine and highly catalytically active gold nanoparticles."],"pmcid":["PMC8729796"],"funding_grant_id":["U1904215","21671170","cstc2019jcyj-msxmX0419","21875207","Q2018270","NSFC-21901222","BK20200044"],"pubmed_authors":["Wang S","Xu Q","Pang H","Hang X"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A coordination cage hosting ultrafine and highly catalytically active gold nanoparticles.","description":"Ultrafine metal nanoparticles (MNPs) with size <2 nm are of great interest due to their superior catalytic capabilities. Herein, we report the size-controlled synthesis of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) by using a thiacalixarene-based coordination cage CIAC-108 as a confined host or stabilizer. The Au NPs encapsulated within the cavity of CIAC-108 (Au@CIAC-108) show smaller size (∼1.3 nm) than the ones (∼4.7 nm) anchored on the surface of CIAC-108 (Au/CIAC-108). The cage-embedded Au NPs can be used as a homogeneous catalyst in a mixture of methanol and dichloromethane while as a heterogeneous catalyst in methanol. The homogeneous catalyst Au@CIAC-108-homo exhibits significantly enhanced catalytic activities toward nitroarene reduction and organic dye decomposition, as compared with its larger","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2025-04-22T08:31:36.544Z","creation":"2025-04-05T22:33:37.897Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8729796","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35126978"],"doi":["10.1039/d1sc05407d"]}}