@article{18343614e92545cdadca20e297741d62,
title = "Preparation and characterization of a composite of gold nanoparticles and single-walled carbon nanotubes and its potential for heterogeneous catalysis",
abstract = "A single-walled carbon nanotube-supported gold nanoparticle composite was prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning transmission electron microscopy/scanning electron microscopy/transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, atomic absorption spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption, Raman spectroscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. The Au particles were found to be crystalline, with a well-defined and narrow particle-size distribution, centered around 7 nm. The activity and selectivity of the composite for solventless aerobic oxidation of a secondary alcohol were examined, and a conversion efficiency of 95% was obtained.",
keywords = "Catalysis, Gold nanoparticle composite, SWCNT",
author = "Shanahan, {Anne E.} and Sullivan, {James A.} and Mary McNamara and Byrne, {Hugh J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The SEM and Raman instruments were purchased under the framework of the INSPIRE program, funded by the Irish Government's Program for Research in Third-Level Institutions, Cycle 4, National Development Plan 2007-2013, supported by the European Union Structural Fund. Funding Information: AES thanks the Focas Research Institute at the Dublin Institute of Technology for the financial assistance to make this work possible and Petrica Dulgheru at the University College, Dublin, for the TEM-imaging work. This work is dedicated to the late Mary Mulvey.",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/S1872-5805(11)60087-5",
language = "English",
volume = "26",
pages = "347--355",
journal = "Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials",
issn = "2097-1605",
publisher = "Editorial Board of New Carbon Materials",
number = "5",
}