Novel 3,4-disubstituted thiophenes for weak passivation of Au nanoparticles

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-164

  Iqbal, P ^a   Critchley, K ^b   Begum, S ^a   Attwood, D ^c   Evans, S D ^b   Jones, I P ^a   Preece, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Au nanoparticles; SAMs; TEM; Thiophene; XPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849097190     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080500504058     Document Type: Article

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