Hexakis [60]Fullerene Adduct-Mediated Covalent Assembly of Ruthenium Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Properties.
Faqiang LengIann C GerberPierre LecanteAhmed BentalebAntonio MuñozBeatriz M IllescasNazario MartínGeorgian MelinteOvidiu ErsenHervé MartinezM Rosa AxetPhilippe SerpPublished in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2017)
The C66 (COOH)12 hexa-adduct has been successfully used as a building block to construct carboxylate bridged 3D networks with very homogeneous sub-1.8 nm ruthenium nanoparticles. The obtained nanostructures are active in nitrobenzene selective hydrogenation.