Synthesis of Hollow Polymer Microspheres with Gold Nanoparticle-functionalized Movable Core
writer：Han Zhang, Xinlin Yang*
keywords：Movable core; Catalysis; Distillation precipitation polymerization; Gold nanocolloids
source：期刊
specific source：Polym. Chem. 1 (5), 670-677 (2010). DOI: 10.1039/bppy00372j
Issue time：2010年
Hollow poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) (PEGDMA) microspheres with Au nanoparticle
functionalized movable cores were prepared by selective removal of the sandwiched silica mid-layer from the corresponding poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate-co-methacrylic acid)/poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate-co-vinylpyridine)@gold/silica/PEGDMA (P(EGDMA-co-MAA)/P(EGDMA-co-VPy)@Au/SiO2/PEGDMA) tetra-layer composite microspheres, in which the Au nanoparticles were stabilized by the pyridyl groups on the surface and gel-layer of P(EGDMA-co-MAA)/P(EGDMA-co-VPy) particles during the reduction of HAuCl4 with sodium borohydride. The tetra-layer polymer composite microspheres were synthesized via the combination of distillation precipitation polymerization for the preparation of the polymer core and outer shell layer together with the modified St€ober sol–gel process for the formation of the sandwiched silica mid-layer. The primary results indicated that the Au nanoparticle functionalized movable cores enabled the hollow polymer microspheres to act as efficient catalysts for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol with sodium borohydride as the reductant.