Synthesis of crystalline, nanometer-scale, -(CH2)(x)- clusters and films on gold surfaces

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4698-4711

  Seshadri, Kannan ^a   Atre, Sundar V ^a   Tao, Yu Tai ^b   Lee, Mong Tung ^b   Allara, David L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZOMETHANE; FREE RADICAL; GOLD; HYDROCARBON; METHYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030984988     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja964395r     Document Type: Article

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