Electrochemical deposition of hydrosulfide and ethanethiolate adlayers on silver(111). Voltammetric measurement of structural phase transitions during adlayer formation

Israel Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 173-178

  Stevenson, Keith J ^a   Hatchett, David W ^a   White, Henry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0031323106     PISSN: 00212148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijch.199700021     Document Type: Article

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