Gold nanoelectrodes of varied size: Transition to molecule-like charging

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5372, 1998, Pages 2098-2101

  Chen, Shaowei ^a   Ingram, Roychelle S ^a   Hostetler, Michael J ^a   Pietron, Jeremy J ^a   Murray, Royce W ^a   Schaaff, T Gregory ^b   Khoury, Joseph T ^b   Alvarez, Marcos M ^b   Whetten, Robert L ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032568887     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5372.2098     Document Type: Review

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32. Supported in part by grants from NSF (R.W.M., R.L.W.) and the U.S. Office of Naval Research (R.W.M.).