Hexakis [60]Fullerene Adduct-Mediated Covalent Assembly of Ruthenium Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Properties

Abstract

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.

Keywords: C60; fullerenes; hydrogenation; nanomaterials; ruthenium.