ABSTRACT
This section has been largely inspired by Nelson and Bawendi (2013). The rate law or rate equation of a chemical reaction links the reaction rate k to the
concentration of reactant r s.
aA bB Ñ cC dD (3.1)
where lower case letters (a, b, c, and d) represent stoichiometric coefficients1, while upper case letters denote the reactants (A and B) and products (C and D).
