Coupling of acid-base and redox functions in mixed sulfide monolayers on gold

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-504

  Beulen, Marcel W J ^a   Van Veggel, Frank C J M ^a   Reinhoudt, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROCENE; GOLD; SULFIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH;

EID: 0033590763     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a809790i     Document Type: Article

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