Fabrication and characterisation of gold nano-particle modified polymer monoliths for flow-through catalytic reactions and their application in the reduction of hexacyanoferrate

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 249-256

  Floris, Patrick ^a   Twamley, Brendan ^b   Nesterenko, Pavel N ^c   Paull, Brett ^c   Connolly, Damian ^d  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d South East Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agglomerated monolith; Flow through catalysis; Micro reactor; Nano particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891560647     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-013-1108-2     Document Type: Article

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