Encapsulating palladium nanoparticles inside ethylenediamine functionalized and crosslinked chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) nanofibers as an efficient and stable heterogeneous catalyst for coupling reactions

Palladium chloride and chlorinated poly (vinyl chloride) (CPVC) mixture were prepared into homogeneous solution, followed by electrospinning to make uniform nanofibers with average diameter of ~460 nm. Then, these composite nanofibers were treated in ethylenediamine solution to functionalize and crosslink the CPVC molecules inside the nanofibers to improve their chelating ability and solvent resistance. The functionalization and crosslinking of...