A controllable electrochemical fabrication of metallic electrodes with a nanometer/angstrom-sized gap using an electric double layer as feedback

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1265-1268

  Xiang, Juan ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Wu, Sun Tao ^b   Ren, Bin ^a   Yang, Fang Zu ^a   Mao, Bing Wei ^a   Chow, Yuan L ^a   Tian, Zhong Qun ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Electrodes; Gold; Nanostructures; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL FABRICATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; METALLIC ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 15444380833     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200461797     Document Type: Article

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