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Catalysis by metallic nanoparticles in solution: Thermosensitive microgels as nanoreactors
Rafael Roa, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Yan Lu +3
Metallic nanoparticles have been used as catalysts for various reactions, and the huge literature on the subject is hard to overlook. In many applications, the nanoparticles must b…
Catalyzed bimolecular reactions in responsive nanoreactors
Rafael Roa, Won Kyu Kim, Matej Kanduc +2
We describe a general theory for surface-catalyzed bimolecular reactions in responsive nanoreactors, catalytically active nanoparticles coated by a stimuli-responsive 'gating' shel…
Exploiting Receptors Competition to Enhance Nanoparticles Binding Selectivity
Stefano Angioletti-Uberti
Nanoparticles functionalized with multiple ligands can be programmed to bind biological targets depending on the receptors they express, providing a general mechanism exploited in…
Thermosensitive Cu2O-PNIPAM core-shell nanoreactors with tunable photocatalytic activity
He Jia, Rafael Roa, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti +9
We report a facile and novel method for the fabrication of Cu2O@PNIPAM core-shell nanoreactors using Cu2O nanocubes as the core. The PNIPAM shell not only effectively protects the…
Resonance Reaction in Diffusion-Influenced Bimolecular Reactions
Jakob J. Kolb, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Joachim Dzubiella
We investigate the influence of a stochastically fluctuating step-barrier potential on bimolecular reaction rates by exact analytical theory and stochastic simulations. We demonstr…
Theory of Solvation-Controlled Reactions in Stimuli-Responsive Nanoreactors
Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, Yan Lu, Matthias Ballauff +1
Metallic nanoparticles embedded in stimuli-responsive polymers can be regarded as nanoreactors since their catalytic activity can be changed within wide limits: the physicochemical…