Soft and flexible hydrogel templates of different sizes and various functionalities for metal nanoparticle preparation and their use in catalysis

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1329-1356

  Sahiner, Nurettin ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advanced catalyst systems; Catalysis; Hydrogel composites; Microgel; Nanogel; Soft reactor

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CATALYST SYSTEMS; HYDROGEL COMPOSITES; MICROGEL; NANOGELS; SOFT REACTOR;

CATALYSIS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RUTHENIUM; STABILIZATION;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84882286794     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2013.06.004     Document Type: Review

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