Abstract Confined Pt and nanoparticles (NPs) in a mesoporous core/shell silica microsphere, Pt-@ meso-, were prepared using a bi-functional linker molecule. A large number of Pt NPs in Pt-@ meso-, ranging from 5 to 8 nm, are embedded into the shell and some of them are in close contact with NPs. The hydrogenation of cyclohexene over the Pt- @ meso-microsphere at and 1 atm of yields cyclohexane as a major product. In addition, it ...
