Nanostructured electrocatalysts immobilised on electrode surfaces and organic film templates

Chemical Papers

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 472-483

  Mirkhalaf, Fakhradin ^a   Graves, John E ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diazonium; Electrocatalysts; Monolayer protected nanoparticles; Nanoparticles; Nanostructured materials; Size controlled metal deposition; Templated metal nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861588196     PISSN: 03666352     EISSN: 13369075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11696-011-0110-6     Document Type: Review

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