Reduction of gold at the nanoconfined air-water interface provides chemical evidence for a strong interfacial electric field (IMAGE)

Kyushu University

Reduction of gold at the nanoconfined air-water interface provides chemical evidence for a strong interfacial electric field

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For more direct chemical evidence, the researchers introduced chloroauric acid, a gold containing solution, into the same confined system. Without adding a reducing agent, gold nanoparticles spontaneously formed within about two nanometers of the air water interface.

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Qinyi Li / Kyushu University

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