Faraday Discuss., 2004, 125

Additions and corrections

Size effects on reactivity of Pt nanoparticles in CO monolayer oxidation: The role of surface mobility

F. Maillard, M. Eikerling, O. V. Cherstiouk, S. Schreier, E. Savinova and U. Stimming

Faraday Discuss., 2004, 125, 357 (DOI: 10.1039/b303911k). Amendment published November 2005

In Table 4, an error occurred in the values of diffusion coefficients for "large" (3.1 nm) particles. The correct table is as follows:

Table 4 Kinetic parameters obtained from fitting the experimental data with the model
(a) "Small" particles
(b) "Large" particles
=1.7 nm
=3.1 nm
E vs. RHE/V 0.73 0.76 0.78 0.80 0.73 0.76 0.78 0.80
0 3.5 7.0 10.0 20.0 0.023 0.04 0.07 0.12
0 0.14 0.09 0.05 0.02 18.0 9.0 5.5 2.5
t0/s 15.1 9.0 5.0 1.4 12.3 6.4 3.4 0.9
(Ds/r2c)/s–1 0.9×10–2 1.0×10–2 1.0×10–2 1.4×10–2 1.5 1.4 1.6 2.8
Ds/cm2s–1 0.7×10–16 0.7×10–16 0.7×10–16 1.0×10–16 0.4×10–13 0.3×10–13 0.4×10–13 0.7×10–13
0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.7
0K*0/s–1 10–8 10–8 10–8 10–8 10–8 10–8 10–8 10–8


We would like to stress, however, that the error did not affect the discussion or any of the conclusions of the paper.


The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.


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