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Nitroxyl Radical Self‐Assembled Monolayers on Gold: Versatile Electroactive Centers in Aqueous and Organic Media

Olivier Alévêque, Fawzia Selâdji, Christelle Gautier, Marylène Dias, Tony Breton, Eric Levillain

ChemPhysChem · 2009 · 29 citations · 37 references

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Nitroxyl radical SAMs on gold afford a noteworthy electrochemical stability in both aqueous and organic media (see figure). The control of the redox center accessibility using mixed SAMs is illustrated by the electrocatalytic activities towards benzyl-alcohol oxidation in CH2Cl2 and H2O.

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