A heterogeneous Pd catalyst, biologically-mineralized palladium nanoparticles (bio-Pd), was synthesized using sulfidogenic bacteria which reduced soluble Pd(II) to catalytically-active Pd-nanoparticles (NPs). Heat treatment (processing) of bio-Pd (5 or 20 wt% on the cells) made by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans evolved supported Pd-catalyst comprising Pd-NPs held large spherical hollow structures....

Thermal treatment of the Pd complex bearing triphenylphosphine (PPh3) and acetate as ligands (bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) diacetate, Pd(PPh3)2(OAc)2) in toluene resulted formation aggregated nanoparticles (Pd-NPs). The dispersion could be achieved after addition *BEA zeolite during thermal Pd(PPh3)2(OAc)2 (Pd/*BEA). Further, Suzuki cross-coupling was performed on prepared catalysts uti...

We report a novel biochemical method based on the sacrificial hydrogen strategy to synthesize bimetallic gold (Au)-palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (NPs) with a core/shell configuration. The ability of Escherichia coli cells supplied with H(2) as electron donor to rapidly precipitate Pd(II) ions from solution is used to promote the reduction of soluble Au(III). Pre-coating cells with Pd(0) (bioPd) ...

Abstract Cellulose–poly(ferrocenylsilane) (PFS) polyionic liquid (PIL) composite sponges are fabricated by codissolution of cellulose and PFS‐PIL, followed solvent exchange freeze‐drying. The hybrid used to in situ produce immobilize palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs), leading Pd NP‐decorated porous supports. formation NPs is confirmed TEM XPS measurements. as‐prepared cellulose/PFS‐PIL@Pd exhibi...

The use of nanomaterials in biomolecular labeling and their corresponding detection has been attracting much attention, recently. There are currently very few studies on palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) due to their lack of appropriate surface functionalities for conjugation with DNA. In this paper, we thus firstly present an approach to prepare carboxyl group-modified Pd NPs (with an average s...

We report new results for electrochemical H adsorption on and absorption in octahedral palladium nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) with an average tip-to-tip size of 7.8 nm and a narrow size distribution. They reveal a very high H loading of 0.90 that cannot be achieved using bulk Pd materials or larger NPs; this behavior is assigned to a combination of two factors: their small size and face morphology. T...

The ligands PhSCH2CH2EAr (; E = S, Se or Te) and their Pd-complexes [PdLCl2] () have been synthesized and authenticated with their (1)H, (13)C{(1)H}, (77)Se{(1)H} and (125)Te{(1)H} NMR spectra. Single crystal structures of and reveal the geometry of donor atoms around palladium as nearly square planar. Thermolysis of all three complexes in trioctylphosphine (TOP) at 350, 320 and 280 °C, respect...

The synthesis and characterisation of a series of new gold- and palladium-containing symmetrical imidazolium salts are described which display significant cation-dependent effects determined by the structure of the alkyl chains of the imidazolium motifs. Whereas direct reduction of the Pd salts can produce stable nanoparticles (NPs) coated by imidazolium salts, the addition of strong base to th...

Long-chain n-octadecayl mercaptan (C18H37SH)-passivated palladium nanoparticles are synthesized and characterized. The palladium nanoparticles are successfully capped by n-octadecayl mercaptan. These palladium nanoparticles have the same face-centered cubic crystalline structure as Pd in the bulk phase. The size of the capped palladium nanoparticles varies in the range of 1.3–5.5 nm for various...

Palladium nanoparticles of average size around 8 nm have been synthesized rapidly by UV irradiation of mixture of palladium chloride and potassium oxalate solutions. A rod-shaped palladium oxalate complex has been observed as an intermediate. In the absence of potassium oxalate, no Pd nanoparticles have been observed. The synthesized Pd nanoparticles have been characterized by powder X-ray diff...