OF44 Synthesis and Activation of Supported Dendrimer-Derived Rh and Pt Nanoparticles

Wednesday, June 8, 2011: 3:40 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 3 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Zahra Nazarpoor1, Paul Fanson2, Oleg S. Alexeev3 and Michael D. Amiridis3, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, (2)Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, Ann Arbor, MI, (3)Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
This work represents a first attempt to quantitatively evaluate the extent of complexation for Rh and Pt with the G4OH dendrimer.  This work also shows that O2 plasma at room temperature can be an effective treatment for the removal of the dendrimer component and the activation of Pt sites.

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