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Published May 2, 2012 | Version Published + Supplemental Material
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Preparation and catalytic evaluation of ruthenium–nickel dendrimer encapsulated nanoparticles via intradendrimer redox displacement of nickel nanoparticles

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  • 1. ROR icon University of Central Arkansas
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 3. ROR icon The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

Ru and Ru_xNi_(30) dendrimer encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs) were synthesized using a redox-displacement method. DEN catalytic activity for the reduction of p-nitrophenol was evaluated and found to be dependent on the ratio of metals present.

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© 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Received 24th February 2012, Accepted 1st May 2012. First published on the web 02 May 2012. This work is supported by the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) within the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. We acknowledge the NSF (0629136), HHMI (52005907) and Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program (003658-0030-2009) for finanicial support, and we also acknowledge Dendritech, Inc. for their generous donation of the G4-OH PAMAM dendrimer reagent. We thank Stacia Rodenbusch for assistance with the preparation of this manuscript.

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Funding

University of Texas at Austin Freshman Research Initiative (FRI)
NSF
0629136
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
52005907
Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program
003658-0030-2009

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