Electrochemistry of natural organic matter

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2011, Pages 129-151

  Nurmi, James T ^a   Tratnyek, Paul G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; MICROELECTRODES; REDOX REACTIONS; TITRATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTRON-TRANSFER STEP; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; REDOX ACTIVE GROUPS; TERTIARY STRUCTURES; VOLTAMMETRIC METHODS;

VOLTAMMETRY;

EID: 84885333208     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1071.ch007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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