The chemistry of the sulfur-gold interface: In search of a unified model

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1183-1192

  Pensa, Evangelina ^a   Cortés, Emiliano ^a   Corthey, Gastón ^a   Carro, Pilar ^b   Vericat, Carolina ^a   Fonticelli, Mariano H ^a   Benítez, Guillermo ^a   Rubert, Aldo A ^a   Salvarezza, Roberto C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84865341630     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200260p     Document Type: Article

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