Two-dimensional gold nanostructures with high activity for selective oxidation of carbon-hydrogen bonds

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Liang ^a   Zhu, Yihan ^b   Wang, Jian Qiang ^c   Liu, Fudong ^d,e   Huang, Jianfeng ^b   Meng, Xiangju ^a   Basset, Jean Marie ^b   Han, Yu ^b   Xiao, Feng Shou ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURE; HYDROGEN; NANOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDING; HYDROGEN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84928799483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7957     Document Type: Article

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