Any derivative of a thiol in which a metal atom replaces the hydrogen attached to sulfur RSH => RS-M+(noun)
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Use "thiolate" in a sentence
"Here, we present a new disulfide/thiolate redox couple that has negligible absorption in the visible spectral range, a very attractive feature for flexible DSCs that use transparent conductors as current collectors."
"Now, a team led by Grätzel, who is at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, has demonstrated a new electrolyte based on a disulfide/thiolate redox couple using"
"In this study, we employ the two above-mentioned heme-thiolate proteins to probe the reaction kinetics and mechanism of heme enzymes."