Single-molecule nanocatalysis reveals heterogeneous reaction pathways and catalyticdynamics

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 992-996

  Xu, Weilin ^a   Kong, Jason S ^a   Yeh, Yun Ting E ^a   Chen, Peng ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; REDOX REACTIONS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; DISSOCIATION PATHWAYS; FLUOROGENIC REACTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; LANGMUIR HINSHELWOOD MECHANISM; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION; SURFACE RESTRUCTURING;

GOLD;

EID: 56749096445     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2319     Document Type: Article

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