High-efficiency gold recovery by additive-induced supramolecular polymerization of β-cyclodextrin

Huang Wu; Yu Wang; Chun Tang; Leighton O. Jones; Bo Song; Xiao-Yang Chen; Long Zhang; Yong Wu; Charlotte L. Stern; George C. Schatz; Wenqi Liu; J. Fraser Stoddart

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36591-0

Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

High-efficiency gold recovery by additive-induced supramolecular polymerization of β-cyclodextrin

Huang Wu,
Yu Wang,
Chun Tang,
Leighton O. Jones,
Bo Song,
Xiao-Yang Chen,
Long Zhang,
Yong Wu,
Charlotte L. Stern,
George C. Schatz,
Wenqi Liu,
J. Fraser Stoddart

Affiliations

Huang Wu: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Yu Wang: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Chun Tang: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Leighton O. Jones: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Bo Song: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Xiao-Yang Chen: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Long Zhang: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Yong Wu: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Charlotte L. Stern: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
George C. Schatz: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Wenqi Liu: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
J. Fraser Stoddart: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36591-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Eco-friendly, efficient, and selective gold recovery technologies are urgently desired to satisfy the increasing demand for gold. Here, the authors report one such technology based on the supramolecular polymerization of second-sphere coordinated adducts formed between β-cyclodextrin and tetrabromoaurate anions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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