Magnetic-Responsive Janus Nanosheets with Catalytic Properties.

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

Liaoning Key Laboratory for Green Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry of Advanced Materials, College of Chemistry , Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036 , China.

Published: March 2019

In this article, we describe a method to fabricate magnetic-responsive Janus nanosheets with catalytic properties via the surface protection method. FeO nanoparticles and PWO-based ionic liquid are located on the two opposite sides of the Janus nanosheets, respectively. The Janus nanosheets are characterized by Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and ζ-potential analyses. They are used as recyclable catalysts to the esterification reaction of methanol and oleic acid for their magnetic-responsive and catalytic properties. The esterification ratio is up to 80% and there is nearly no change when FeO nanoparticles/PWO-based ionic liquid composite nanosheets were recycled four times.

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