Single-molecule, single-particle approaches for exploring the structure and kinetics of nanocatalysts

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8933-8943

  Tachikawa, Takashi ^a   Majima, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; FLUOROGENIC PROBES; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; NANO-OBJECTS; NANOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; POLYMER MATRICES; REAL-TIME OBSERVATION; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SOLID CATALYSTS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

MOLECULES;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CATALYSIS; GOLD; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862546899     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la300177h     Document Type: Article

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