%0 Journal Article
%T An STM Study of Chemically Deposited Silver Nanoclusters on Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers.
%A Grummt UW
%A Geissler M
%A Drechsler T
%A Fuchs H
%A Staub R
%J Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
%V 37
%N 23
%D Dec 1998 17
%M 29711411
%F 16.823
%R 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981217)37:23<3286::AID-ANIE3286>3.0.CO;2-1
%X Small silver clusters Agn (primarily probably Ag4 clusters which aggregate to Agn (400<n<2000)) are generated in the immediate vicinity of a four-electron reducing agent (based on hydroquinone) which is incorporated in a monolayer of long-chain alkanethiols. The hydroquinone derivative is oxidized to quinone (see the picture). Molecularly resolved scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images were obtained of self-assembled monolayers with and without silver clusters.