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Different types of carbon nanotubes as carriers were used to prepare ruthenium nano-catalysts loaded outside (named as Ru/CNTs) and inside (named as Ru@CNTs) the tube. The catalysts were modified in situ with chiral ligands (1S, 2S)-DPEN (1S, 2S)-DPEN = (1S, 2S)-1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanediamine). In the presence of TPP (TPP = triphenylphosphine) as the stabilization, the catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of acetophenone was carried out with the modified catalysts. A novel approach to prepare the inside-loaded catalysts of Ru@CNTs was explored in the preparation. The catalyst can efficiently prevent the Ru nanoparticles from oxidizing in the air in this approach. The catalysts were well characterized by means of TEM, XRD, XPS, BET and H 2 Pulse Chemisorption. The effect of the diameter of carbon nanotubes on the particle size of ruthenium nanoparticles loaded on the tubes was also well studied. When Ru@CNTs (8 %, S) ("S" abbreviated from "short", the same below) was used in the asymmetric hydrogenation of acetophenone, 100 % conversion of acetophenone achieved, and the ee value reached 76.4 %. Under the same reaction conditions, 100 % conversion of acetophenone as well as the highest ee value of 80.8 % were obtained when Ru/CNTs (8 %, S) was applied in the reaction.

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A series of nickel-doped copper tungstate/oxygen-rich TiO 2 heterojunction-constructed composites of xNi-CuWO 4 /OTiO 2 were successfully prepared to demonstrate the enhancement of the visible-light photoactivity through promoting the photogenerated charge carrier separation efficiency. Of all these composites, 0.2Ni-CuWO 4 /OTiO 2 exhibits excellent and stable visible light photoactivity for the photooxidative coupling of benzylamine to the corresponding N-benzyl-1-phenymethanimine (BPMI) in air atmosphere. The conversion of benzylamine and the selectivity to BPMI reach 97% and 99%, respectively. The catalyst shows good cyclability with the conversion of benzylamine decreasing just by 22% after being repeated six times with the well-maintained selectivity of BPMI. The composite also exhibits excellent photo-bactericidal ability, which greatly inhibits the reproducing of both the Gram-positive bacteria (e.g., S. epidermidis) and Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., E. coli).

Summary Through the simple precipitation of palygorskite (PGS) by zinc borate (ZB) (to make PGS@ZB) and the decoration of PGS@ZB by dodecylamine (N), a novel organic‐inorganic@inorganic hybrid flame retardant of PGS@ZB‐N was prepared and was incorporated with ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) to improve its flame retardance. The structure and morphology of PGS@ZB‐N were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and it was confirmed that the PGS@ZB‐N hybrid had been successfully prepared. The flame retardancy and burning behavior of EVA/PGS@ZB‐N/EG (EG = expandable graphite) composite were studied through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), limiting oxygen index (LOI), UL‐94 (by the vertical burning test), and cone calorimeter test (CCT) characterizations. The prepared EVA/PGS@ZB‐N/EG composite obtained an LOI value of 41.2% with the addition of 30 wt% PGS@ZB‐N/EG. It was found that EVA/PGS@ZB‐N/EG was protected through a gas phase and condensed phase alternating synergistic effect mechanism.