Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Other Chemistry Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 4 of 4

Full-Text Articles in Other Chemistry

Gas-Phase Reactions And Mechanistic Details Of Gold, Silver, And Iridium Complexes, Christopher Swift Jan 2015

Gas-Phase Reactions And Mechanistic Details Of Gold, Silver, And Iridium Complexes, Christopher Swift

Theses and Dissertations

The ever increasing demand for more efficient and environmentally benign routes for synthesizing target compounds, has led to the use of organometallic catalysts. This demand has created the need to understand the mechanistic details that are at work in these organometallic catalytic cycles. Along with this, there is a demand for new organometallic catalysts that are tailored for specific transformations. This presents a myriad of challenges for organometallic chemists. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to gain an understanding of the reaction mechanisms at work when the intermediates are too short lived to be observed in the condensed phase. It is …


The Work Function Of Submonolayer Cesium-Covered Gold: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study, Jerry L. Larue, J. D. White, N. H. Nahler, Z. Liu, Y. Sun, P. A. Pianetta, Daniel J. Auerbach, Alec M. Wodtke Jul 2008

The Work Function Of Submonolayer Cesium-Covered Gold: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study, Jerry L. Larue, J. D. White, N. H. Nahler, Z. Liu, Y. Sun, P. A. Pianetta, Daniel J. Auerbach, Alec M. Wodtke

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Using visible and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we measured the work function of a Au(111) surface at a well-defined submonolayer coverage of Cs. For a Cs coverage producing a photoemission maximum with a He–Ne laser, the work function is , consistent with previous assumptions used to analyze vibrationally promoted electron emission. A discussion of possible Cs layer structures is also presented.


Hplc Of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoclusters, Victoria L. Jimenez,, Michael C. Leopold, Carolyn Mazzitelli, James W. Jorgenson, Royce W. Murray Dec 2002

Hplc Of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoclusters, Victoria L. Jimenez,, Michael C. Leopold, Carolyn Mazzitelli, James W. Jorgenson, Royce W. Murray

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Polydisperse samples of Au nanoparticles protected with monolayers of hexanethiolate ligands (C6 MPCs) and with mixed monolayers of hexanethiolate and mercaptounde- canoic acid (C6/MUA MPCs) have been chromatographically separated using C8 120-Å columns and acetone/toluene mobile phase. The spectral details of eluted peaks and of quantized double-layer charging features in the differential pulse voltammetry of collected fractions were used to show that the elution orders of C6 MPC mixtures and of C6/MUA MPC mixtures were different. For C6 MPCs, the smallest MPCs were eluted first, whereas the smallest C6/MUA MPCs were eluted last. The reversal of order of elution was …


The Influence Of Gold Substrate Topography On The Voltammetry Of Cytochrome C Adsorbed On Carboxylic Acid Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers, Michael C. Leopold, Edmond F. Bowden Feb 2002

The Influence Of Gold Substrate Topography On The Voltammetry Of Cytochrome C Adsorbed On Carboxylic Acid Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers, Michael C. Leopold, Edmond F. Bowden

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Interfacial investigations of a protein monolayer electrochemical system, equine cytochrome c (cyt c) adsorbed to carboxylic acid terminated self-assembled monolayer (COOH SAM) modified gold electrodes, were performed. Electrochemical, spectroscopic, and scanning probe microscopy techniques were utilized to explore the influence of gold topography in the cyt c/COOH SAM/gold system. COOH SAMs were prepared from 14-mercaptotetradecanoic acid and 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid on a variety of substrates including evaporated, bulk, single crystal, and epitaxially grown gold on mica. These substrates encompassed a wide range of surface roughness. As the topography of the gold became smoother, SAMs exhibited an increased ability to …