Ultra stable self-assembled monolayers of N-heterocyclic carbenes on gold

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 409-414

  Crudden, Cathleen M ^a,b   Horton, J Hugh ^a   Ebralidze, Iraklii I ^a   Zenkina, Olena V ^a   McLean, Alastair B ^a   Drevniok, Benedict ^a   She, Zhe ^c   Kraatz, Heinz Bernhard ^c   Mosey, Nicholas J ^a   Seki, Tomohiro ^a   Keske, Eric C ^a   Leake, Joanna D ^a   Rousina Webb, Alexander ^a   Wu, Gang ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84899113326     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1891     Document Type: Article

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