Accelerating the initial rate of hydrolysis of methyl parathion with laser excitation using monolayer protected 10 nm Au nanoparticles capped with a Cu(bpy) catalyst.

Scott A Trammell, Rafaela Nita, Martin Moore, Dan Zabetakis, Eddie Chang, D Andrew Knight

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 48(34) , 4121-3, (2012)

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Abstract

Using a low power green laser, we have demonstrated a rate acceleration of ~2-fold for the hydrolysis of methyl parathion by irradiating the plasmon absorption band of Au nanoparticles capped with a Cu(bpy) catalyst.This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012