Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2003, 68, 1395-1406
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20031395

Self-Assembly of Monolayer-Coated Silver Nanoparticles on Gold Electrodes. An Electrochemical Investigation

Massimo Marcaccio, Massimo Margotti, Marco Montalti, Francesco Paolucci*, Luca Prodi and Nelsi Zaccheroni*

Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy

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