title: Determination of the surface area of Pd and nanometric Au aggregates supported on a micrometric solid support by thiol adsorption and GC-MS.
abstract: A new sensitive and specific method to measure gold and palladium surface areas using alkanethiol adsorption coupled with analysis by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection has been developed. The effectiveness of the method was tested with metallic samples having a known surface area. The results have also been compared with BET specific surface area measurements. The results obtained with both methods show a good correlation.
authors.affiliation: Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clément
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ménard
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rowntree
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D010984:Platinum; D006046:Gold