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SUBMITTER: Kapkowski M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4651318 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20151118 11
In this study, we investigated different metal pairings of Au nanoparticles (NPs) as potential catalysts for glycerol dehydration for the first time. All of the systems preferred the formation of hydroxyacetone (HYNE). Although the bimetallics that were tested, i.e., Au NPs supported on Ni, Fe and Cu appeared to be more active than the Au/SiO2 system, only Cu supported Au NPs gave high conversion (ca. 63%) and selectivity (ca. 70%) to HYNE. ...[more]