TY - JOUR
T1 - Size effect on the catalysis of gold clusters dispersed in water for aerobic oxidation of alcohol
AU - Tsunoyama, Hironori
AU - Sakurai, Hidehiro
AU - Tsukuda, Tatsuya
N1 - Funding Information:
The present work was supported by the CREST program sponsored by JST.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/10/5
Y1 - 2006/10/5
N2 - We prepared a set of nearly monodisperse gold clusters ranging from 1.3 to 10 nm by a seed-mediated growth in the presence of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP). The seed clusters with a diameter of 1.3 ± 0.3 nm were prepared by reducing AuCl4- with NaBH4 in a low-temperature aqueous solution of PVP. Subsequent reduction of more AuCl4- by Na2SO3 in the presence of the seed clusters yielded a series of larger Au:PVP clusters. Catalytic activities of the Au:PVP clusters for aerobic oxidation of p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol increased with decrease in the core size. The size dependence is discussed in light of the electronic structures of the cores probed by optical spectroscopy.
AB - We prepared a set of nearly monodisperse gold clusters ranging from 1.3 to 10 nm by a seed-mediated growth in the presence of poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP). The seed clusters with a diameter of 1.3 ± 0.3 nm were prepared by reducing AuCl4- with NaBH4 in a low-temperature aqueous solution of PVP. Subsequent reduction of more AuCl4- by Na2SO3 in the presence of the seed clusters yielded a series of larger Au:PVP clusters. Catalytic activities of the Au:PVP clusters for aerobic oxidation of p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol increased with decrease in the core size. The size dependence is discussed in light of the electronic structures of the cores probed by optical spectroscopy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33748708634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=33748708634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.08.066
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.08.066
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748708634
VL - 429
SP - 528
EP - 532
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
SN - 0009-2614
IS - 4-6
ER -