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Grafting submicron titania particles with gold nanoparticles using droplet microfluidics

Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Josias Basil Wacker
2012
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A microfluidic method to synthesize gold–titania nanocomposites is presented. Porous TiO2 particles are first loaded with a reducing agent and then suspended in water and mixed with chloroauric acid (HAuCl4) in a droplet-by-droplet manner on a microfluidic chip. The procedure allows strongly reducing the amount of reagents and easy control of the reaction.

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Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Virendra Kumar Parashar, Josias Basil Wacker
2012
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/8a8cced3-3284-451b-853f-3ebd93d54a34

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