Synthesis of colloidal Pd nanoparticles immobilised on poly(N-vinylacetamide): characterisation and application in catalysis†

Abstract

We immobilised colloidal palladium nanoparticles on poly(N-vinylacetamide). The polymer and the immobilised Pd NPs were characterised with characterisation methods such as transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Finally, we tested catalytic applications under Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction conditions.