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Effect of crosslinker feed content on catalaytic activity of silver nanoparticles fabricated in multiresponsive microgels

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We investigated the effect of crosslinking density of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) microgels on catalytic activity of silver nanoparticles fabricated hybrid microgels. Multiresponsive poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) microgels with 2, 4, 6 and 8 mole percentage of N,N-methylene-bis-acrylamide were synthesized by emulsion polymerization. These microgels were characterized by dynamic light scattering and were used as microreactors to synthesize silver nanoparticles. Hybrid system was characterized by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. The catalytic activity of hybrid microgels with different crosslinker content was compared by studying the reduction of pnitrophenol as a model reaction. Kinetics of reaction was monitored by spectrophotometry. The value of the apparent rate constant decreases from 0.568 to 0.313min−1, when content of crosslinker are increased from 2 to 8 mole percentage respectively. This decreases in value of apparent rate constant is due to increase in diffusional barrier offered by high crosslinking of polymer network at high mole percentages of N,N-methylene-bis-acrylamide.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, New Campus Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

    Zahoor Hussain Farooqi, Shanza Rauf Khan, Tajamal Hussain, Kiran Ejaz, Shumaila Majeed & Farah Kanwal

  2. Centre for Undergraduate Studies, University of the Punjab, New Campus Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

    Robina Begum

  3. Department of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan

    Muhammad Ajmal & Mohammad Siddiq

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Farooqi, Z.H., Khan, S.R., Hussain, T. et al. Effect of crosslinker feed content on catalaytic activity of silver nanoparticles fabricated in multiresponsive microgels. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 31, 1674–1680 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-014-0117-0

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