ethylbenzene (3.79 eV), the bond strength of toluene is much
higher at 3.97 eV. In summary, we successfully synthesized
GNWs with single surface crystallinity, and these GNWs show
high activities for oxidation reactions at 1 atm O2. Our DFT
calculations reveal that catalysis proceeds via a radical
chain oxidation mechanism. Our findings present new
opportunities for gold catalysis and should provide significant
benefit towards understanding the catalytic mechanisms of
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