Concepedia

Gold Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Polymerization of Alkylsilanes to Siloxane Nanowires, Filaments, and Tubes

B. L. V. Prasad, Savka I. Stoeva, C. M. Sorensen, Vladimir Zaikovski, Kenneth J. Klabunde

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 97 citations · 5 references

DOI

Concepts

Abstract

Nanoparticles of gold prepared by condensation of gold vapor in cold pentanone serve as active catalysts for the polymerization of an alkylsilane C18H35SiH3 with water, to form nanowires and filaments. This reaction takes place under relatively mild conditions (refluxing pentanone).

References

5

When Gold Is Not Noble:  Nanoscale Gold Catalysts

A. Sánchez, Stéphane Abbet, Ueli Heiz et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry A · 1999 · 1.5K citations · Full text

, , +17

Gram-Scale Synthesis of Monodisperse Gold Colloids by the Solvated Metal Atom Dispersion Method and Digestive Ripening and Their Organization into Two- and Three-Dimensional Structures

Savka I. Stoeva, Kenneth J. Klabunde, C. M. Sorensen et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 339 citations

, , +17

Long-Range Self-Assembly of a Polyunsaturated Linear Organosilane at the <i>n</i>-Tetradecane/Au(111) Interface Studied by STM

A. Marchenko, Nathalie Katsonis, Denis Fichou et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 51 citations

, , +16

Formation of Alkylsilane-Based Monolayers on Gold

Thomas M. Owens, Kenneth T. Nicholson, Mark M. Banaszak Holl et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 48 citations

, , +17

Chemisorption of H<sub>8</sub>Si<sub>8</sub>O<sub>12</sub>Clusters on Gold:  A Novel Si−H Bond Activation

Kenneth T. Nicholson, K. Z. Zhang, Mark M. Banaszak Holl · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1999 · 34 citations

, , +14