High activity magnetic core-mesoporous shell sulfonic acid silica nanoparticles for carboxylic acid esterification

Abstract

Magnetically-separable solid acid nanoparticle catalysts, comprising 80 nm Fe3O4 cores, a thin, dense silica inner shell and a mesoporous sulfonic acid silica outer shell, have been synthesized through a surfactant-templating and hydrothermal saline-promoted grafting protocol. These porous nanocomposites offer excellent activity towards propanoic acid esterification, in combination with facile recovery and re-use.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2017.01.004
Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.17036/a497b0ab-45ba-409d-8b41-9ff1ad6656e0
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)
Additional Information: © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Funding: EPSRC (EP/K014676/1); and the Royal Society (IF100206) Industry Fellowship.
Uncontrolled Keywords: magnetic nanoparticles,core-shell,mesoporous,sulfonic silica,esterification,Catalysis,Chemistry(all),Process Chemistry and Technology
Publication ISSN: 1873-3905
Last Modified: 08 Mar 2024 08:12
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2017 13:55
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-03-10
Published Online Date: 2017-01-05
Accepted Date: 2017-01-04
Submitted Date: 2016-11-08
Authors: Tai, Zhijun
Isaacs, Mark A.
Parlett, Christopher M.A. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-3651-7314)
Lee, Adam F. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-2153-1391)
Wilson, Karen (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-4873-708X)

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