Plasmon-driven dimerization via S-S chemical bond in an aqueous environment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cui, Lin ^a,b   Wang, Peijie ^a   Chen, Xiaowei ^c   Fang, Yurui ^d   Zhang, Zhenglong ^e   Sun, Mengtao ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84934885178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07221     Document Type: Article

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