title: Effect of thermal motion on catalytic activity of nanoparticles in polar solvent.
abstract: In this study, we propose that electrode potential fluctuations due to the thermal motion of the solvent may serve to enhance the catalytic activity of nanostructures. The proposed model uses a simple, Marcus-type treatment of the statistical behavior of the solvent and the Butler-Volmer law for the instantaneous catalytic rate as a function of the electrode potential. The rapid development of probing techniques with high spatial and temporal resolution will help to further confirm and characterize the dynamical properties of nanostructures.
authors: Nanosystem Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan.
authors: Nicéphore
authors: N
authors: Bonnet
authors: Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan.
authors: Osamu
authors: O
authors: Sugino
authors: Nanosystem Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan.
authors: Minoru
authors: M
authors: Otani