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Application of a Versatile Nanoparticle Stabilizer in Phase Transfer and Catalysis

Paul Joseph Dyson, Vincent Laporte, Ilaria Biondi

Gold and rhodium nanoparticles stabilized by a cationic polymer can be readily modified by anion exchange to afford nanoparticles that may be dispersed in a wide range of organic solvents and ionic liquids. The catalytic activity of the Rh nanoparticle dis ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2012

Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts Based on a New Water-Soluble Ionic Polymer

Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy, Ilaria Biondi

A new water-soluble methyl-imidazolium-based ionic polymer was synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization that was subsequently used to prepare aqueous gold nanoparticle solutions which were characterized by UVvis spectroscopy and transmission e ...

2011

A bifunctional organometallic ruthenium drug with multiple modes of inducing apoptosis

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ilaria Biondi

The organometallic glutathione S-transferase inhibitor ruthenium(II) (ethacrynic acid-η6-benzylamide)(1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) dichloride, termed ethaRAPTA, has been demonstrated to induce apoptosis in the cisplatin-resistant MCF-7 breast cancer c ...

2011

Design, Synthesis and Characterization of New Nanoparticle Stabilizers and Their Application in Catalysis

Ilaria Biondi

In recent years, a strong emphasis in research towards creating sustainable and environmental friendly chemical processes has propelled the development of novel types of catalytic systems that combine advantages from homogeneous and heterogeneous processes ...

EPFL2011

Nitrile-functionalized pyrrolidinium ionic liquids as solvents for cross-coupling reactions involving in situ generated nanoparticle catalyst reservoirs

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Zhaofu Fei, Ilaria Biondi, Christian Hartinger, Yuehui Li, Xuemei Yang, Yugang Cui, Manish Chaubey, Cinzia Chiappe

Nitrile-functionalized pyrrolidinium-based ionic liqs. were prepd. and characterized by spectroscopic methods and x-ray crystallog. The application of these new ionic liqs. as reaction media for Suzuki and Stille C-C cross-coupling reactions was studied an ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2010