Applying biomass-waste as catalysts and catalytic supports is gaining a tremendous interest owing to its expected outcomes in terms of cost effectiveness sustainability. In this context, we herein disclose straightforward encapsulation nanosized copper on hierarchically porous, biomass-derived nitrogen-containing carbon framework. Our approach uses chitosan - derived from the marine shell-fish ...

We report the environmental benign route in the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles using the aqueous leaf broth of Acalypha indica L. In this protocol, the biomolecules present in the leaf broth, reduced palladium ions into palladium nanoparticles and these biomolecules also acted as capping and stabilizing agents. The colour change in the reaction medium from pale yellow to dark brown during...

Carbon dots were used as a reducing agent for the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles coated with ultrathin carbon dot shells of ca. 4 nm. The resulting composite nanoparticles showed high catalytic activity for the Heck and Suzuki coupling reactions.

The effects of different temperatures on the hydrogen sorption characteristics of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) with palladium loading have been investigated. When we use different temperatures, the particle sizes and specific surface areas of the samples are different, which affects the hydrogen storage capacity of the DWCNTs. In this work, the amount of hydrogen storage capacity was...

Palladium catalysts have been widely adopted for organic synthesis and diverse industrial applications given their efficacy and safety, yet their biological in vivo use has been limited to date. Here we show that nanoencapsulated palladium is an effective means to target and treat disease through in vivo catalysis. Palladium nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) were created by screening different Pd compound...

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...