In situassembly of well-dispersed gold nanoparticles on electrospun silicananotubes for catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol†
Zhenyi Zhang,Changlu Shao,Peng Zou,Peng Zhang,Mingyi Zhang,Xinghua Li,Changhua Wang,Yichun Liu
Abstract
The tubular nanocomposite with well-dispersed distribution of small gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) assembled on the inside and outside surfaces of silica nanotubes (SNTs) was fabricated by combining the single capillary electrospinning technique and an in situreduction approach. The AuNPs/SNTs nanocomposite exhibited a good catalytic activity for reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP).
