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The heterogeneous electron transfer reactions of cytochromec occurring at platinum, gold and mercury electrodes are shown to be quasi-reversible. In each case the electrodes have not been modified and the cytochromec samples are native. This work extends previous work and demonstrates that biological molecule electron transfer reactions can be studied at clean metal surfaces to gain fundamental knowledge of the mechanisms of these reactions.
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Sun, S.C., Reed, D.E., Cullison, J.K. et al. Electron transfer reactions of cytochrome c at metal electrodes. Mikrochim Acta 96, 97–104 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01236095
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