In situ IR spectroscopic study of water at a polycrystalline gold electrode surface

Interactions and reactivity of Hg(II) on glutathione modified gold electrode studied by EQCN technique

“…This is also consistent with EQCN studies of Watanabe coworkers [64,65]. Moreover, the weak adsorption of perchlorate ions on Au(1 1 1) was confirmed by infrared spectroscopy [66][67][68][69] and ex situ UHV techniques [70]. In previous experiments with higher Hg(II) concentration, a continuous mass increase was always observed during the cathodic scan due to the considerable mercury uptake in reduction processes so that the double-layer effects were of lesser importance and could be neglected (see Fig.…”

Potential-dependent hydration structures at aqueous solution/graphite interfaces by electrochemical frequency modulation atomic force microscopy

“…24 Furthermore, the water behavior at the interface between a gold electrode and the HClO 4 solution, as was observed by vibrational spectroscopy, was also explained by the structure breaking property. 28 From Fig. 1 and the property of ClO 4 À , we have concluded that the ClO 4 À anion reduces the stability of water layers on the HOPG at the anodic potential.…”

Adsorbed water for the electro-oxidation of methanol at Pt–Ru alloyElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: additional explanation for Figs. 2 and 3. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b212197b/

“…These bands can be assigned to symmetric stretching mode and bending mode of adsorbed water, n(OH) and d(HOH), respectively. 16,17 Their wavenumbers are quite different from those of bulk water, but are rather similar to those of water monomer, i.e., weakly hydrogen-bonded water molecules adsorb on Pt-Ru alloy surface. According to the surface selection rule, 8 the water is adsorbed on the surface with its C 2 axis perpendicular to the surface.…”