Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles in a crosslinked polymeric system by in situ reduction method for catalytic reduction of 4-nitroaniline

In this study, poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) microgels prepared by free radical precipitation polymerization were used as micro-reactors for the synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles. UV-Visible spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy and Fourier-transform...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental technology. - 1993. - 40(2019), 15 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 2027-2036
1. Verfasser: Farooqi, Zahoor H (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Khalid, Rida, Begum, Robina, Farooq, Umar, Wu, Qingshi, Wu, Weitai, Ajmal, Muhammad, Irfan, Ahmad, Naseem, Khalida
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Environmental technology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Microgels catalysis hybrid microgels kinetics silver nanoparticles Aniline Compounds 4-nitroaniline 1MRQ0QZG7G Silver 3M4G523W1G
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Zusammenfassung:In this study, poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) microgels prepared by free radical precipitation polymerization were used as micro-reactors for the synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles. UV-Visible spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize both pure and hybrid microgels. The catalytic reduction of 4-nitroaniline was carried out in the presence of hybrid microgels to test their catalytic activity, and the catalysis mechanism was explored by varying the concentrations of reacting species like 4-nitroaniline and NaBH4, as well as the dose of the catalyst. The kinetic data indicates that this reaction follows pseudo-first order. The variation in apparent rate constant (kapp) with respect to NaBH4 concentration also discloses it to be the following Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism. The relationship between catalyst concentration and apparent rate constant was found to be increasing in a linear manner. The data obtained also confirmed that silver nanoparticles loaded microgels have the potential to be used as an excellent micro-reactor for selective reduction of 4-nitroaniline to p-phenylenediamine
Beschreibung:Date Completed 09.09.2019
Date Revised 09.09.2019
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1479-487X
DOI:10.1080/09593330.2018.1435737