Investigation of modified basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrodes: Definitive evidence for the electrocatalytic properties of the ends of carbon nanotubes

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1804-1805

  Banks, Craig E ^a   Moore, Myan R ^a   Davies, Trevor J ^a   Compton, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; FERRICYANIDE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; REDUCTION;

EID: 4644223586     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b406174h     Document Type: Article

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