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Ag nanoparticles/graphene nanosheet (AgNPs/GN) composites have been rapidly prepared by a one-pot microwave-assisted reduction method, carried out by microwave irradiation of a N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solution of graphene oxide (GO) and AgNO. Several analytical techniques including UV-vis spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been used to characterize the resulting AgNPs/GN composites. It suggests that such composites exhibit good catalytic activity toward reduction of hydrogen peroxide (HO), leading to a HO sensor with a fast amperometric response time of less than 2 s. The linear detection range is estimated to be from 0.1 to 100 mM ( r = 0 .999), and the detection limit is estimated to be 0.5 μM at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Polymer-free Pt/graphene nanosheet (GN) composites have been rapidly prepared by a one-step microwave-assisted reduction method, carried out by ethylene glycol reduction of HPtCl in a graphene oxide suspension. Several analytic techniques including UV-vis spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy have been used to characterize the resulting Pt/GN composites. It suggests that such composites exhibit good catalytic activity toward methanol oxidation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A mesostructured sulfated tin oxide with large surface area (172 m2/g) has been successfully prepared using a block copolymer as structure-directing agent, which is extensively characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nitrogen adsorption, and Thermogravimetric analysis (TG) techniques. The results indicate that the mesostructured sulfated tin oxide was tetragonal crystalline, and catalytic tests show that the mesostructured sulfated tin oxide is much more active than conventional one for esterification and Friedel–Crafts acylation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]