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The solvent-free selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline: an unexpected catalytic activity of ultrafine Pt nanoparticles deposited on carbon nanotubes
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In this paper, a facile and efficient route to deposit ultrafine Pt particles onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) with the aid of tip sonication was developed.About:
This article is published in Green Chemistry.The article was published on 2010-06-08. It has received 122 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nitrobenzene & Aniline.read more
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Interfacial electronic effects control the reaction selectivity of platinum catalysts
Guangxu Chen,Chaofa Xu,Xiaoqing Huang,Jin-Yu Ye,Lin Gu,Gang Li,Zichao Tang,Binghui Wu,Huayan Yang,Zipeng Zhao,Zhi-You Zhou,Gang Fu,Nanfeng Zheng +12 more
TL;DR: An interfacial electronic effect induced by simple organic modifications to control the selectivity of metal nanocatalysts during catalytic hydrogenation is demonstrated to produce thermodynamically unfavourable but industrially important compounds.
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Noble metal nanoparticles/carbon nanotubes nanohybrids: Synthesis and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the recent advances in the synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles/carbon nanotubes nanohybrids and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis, fuel cells, and chemo/biosensors.
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Platinum supported on reduced graphene oxide as a catalyst for hydrogenation of nitroarenes
TL;DR: In this article, a reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-supported platinum (Pt) catalyst was prepared by simple ethylene glycol (EG) reduction and used for hydrogenation of nitroarenes.
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Advancement in methodologies for reduction of nitroarenes
Hari K. Kadam,Santosh G. Tilve +1 more
TL;DR: The importance of aryl amines as raw materials for various applications has spurred extensive research in developing economic processes for the reduction of nitroarenes as mentioned in this paper, and developing green methodologies is now a compelling discipline for synthetic organic chemists.
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Synthesis of PtPd bimetal nanocrystals with controllable shape, composition, and their tunable catalytic properties.
TL;DR: A facile synthetic strategy to single-crystalline PtPd nanocrystals with controllable shapes and tunable compositions is reported, which exhibit high activity in the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene and their performance is highly shape- and composition-dependent.
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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications
TL;DR: Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects.
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Exceptionally high Young's modulus observed for individual carbon nanotubes
TL;DR: In this article, the amplitude of the intrinsic thermal vibrations of isolated carbon nanotubes was measured in the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and it was shown that they have exceptionally high Young's moduli, in the terapascal (TPa) range.
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Band gap fluorescence from individual single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Michael J. O'Connell,Sergei M. Bachilo,Chad B. Huffman,Valerie C. Moore,Michael S. Strano,Erik H. Haroz,Kristy L. Rialon,Peter J. Boul,William H. Noon,Carter Kittrell,Jianpeng Ma,Jianpeng Ma,Robert H. Hauge,R. Bruce Weisman,Richard E. Smalley +14 more
TL;DR: At pH less than 5, the absorption and emission spectra of individual nanotubes show evidence of band gap–selective protonation of the side walls of the tube, which is readily reversed by treatment with base or ultraviolet light.
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Electronic structure of atomically resolved carbon nanotubes
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy on individual single-walled nanotubes from which atomically resolved images allow us to examine electronic properties as afunction of tube diameter and wrapping angle.
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Electrical-Conductivity of Individual Carbon Nanotubes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported four-probe measurements on single nanotubes made by lithographic deposition of tungsten leads across the tubes and found that each multi-shell nanotube has unique conductivity properties.
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