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Chen LC, Shi J, Lu ZX, Lin RJ, Lu TG, Zou YL, Liang QM, Huang R, Shi J, Xiao ZY, Zhang Y, Liu J, Yang Y, Hong W. Highly Reversible Molecular Photoswitches with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Electrodes. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305607. [PMID: 37817357 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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The molecule-electrode coupling plays an essential role in photoresponsive devices with photochromic molecules, and the strong coupling between the molecule and the conventional electrodes leads to/ the quenching effect and limits the reversibility of molecular photoswitches. In this work, we developed a strategy of using transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) electrodes to fabricate the thiol azobenzene (TAB) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) junctions with the eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) technique. The current-voltage characteristics of the EGaIn/GaOx //TAB/TMDCs photoswitches showed an almost 100% reversible photoswitching behavior, which increased by ∼28% compared to EGaIn/GaOx //TAB/AuTS photoswitches. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed the coupling strength of the TAB-TMDCs electrode decreased by 42% compared to that of the TAB-AuTS electrode, giving rise to improved reversibility. our work demonstrated the feasibility of 2D TMDCs for fabricating SAMs-based photoswitches with unprecedentedly high reversibility.
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- Li-Chuan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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Liu Y, Zhang L, Liu X, Zhang Y, Yan Y, Zhao Y. In situ SERS monitoring of plasmon-driven catalytic reaction on gap-controlled Ag nanoparticle arrays under 785 nm irradiation. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 270:120803. [PMID: 35007906 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis has attracted considerable attention due to its low energy consumption and high energy throughput. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a highly sensitive and label-free nondestructive tool to investigate plasmon-driven photocatalytic reactions. Herein, we present a facile method to fabricate gap-controlled Ag nanoparticle (NP) arrays with uniform and high-density distribution of hot spots, which can be employed as both efficient plasmonic photocatalysts and stable SERS platforms. The plasmon-driven catalytic reaction of 4-nitrobenzenethiol (4NBT), which transforms it into p, p'-dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB), is detected by using an in situ SERS technique at the excited wavelength of 785 nm. According to the temperature and laser power density dependent photocatalytic reaction rates observed on the Ag NP arrays, we quantitatively determined that the reductive coupling of 4NBT is more likely to occur as the gap decreases. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation results demonstrate that the plasmonic hot spots are significantly enhanced with a decrease in gap, which in turn reduces activation energy. The gap-controlled Ag NP arrays are efficient for both promotion and detection of plasmon-driven catalytic reactions, and may pave a pathway for implementing efficient plasmonic photocatalytic platforms.
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- Yanqi Liu
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-photonics and Nano-structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
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Qi X, Wei Y, Jiang C, Zhang L, Wang P, Fang Y. Investigate on plasma catalytic reaction of 4-nitrobenzenethiol on Ag@SiO 2Core-Shell substrate via Surface-enhanced Raman scattering. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 237:118362. [PMID: 32335497 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a promising technique to investigate the plasmon-driven catalytic reaction, in which the Raman signal originates from the electromagnetic (EM)enhancement mechanism and the chemical enhancement (CE) mechanism. Here, we designed and synthesized a novel SERS substrate based on SiO2 wrapped Ag nanoparticles (Ag@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles substrate, Ag@SiO2 CSNS). Meanwhile, the SERS substrate based on Ag nanoparticles (Ag NS) also was prepared for comparison. Then, plasmon-driven catalytic reaction of 4-nitrobenzenethiol (4-NBT) to p,p'-dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB) were systematically investigated on Ag and Ag@SiO2, respectively. The result revealed that, the Fermi level of Ag@SiO2 CSNS is lower than Ag NS, and the catalytic reaction greatly hindered by the Ag@SiO2 CSNS under the same excitation laser wavelength. With the same condition excitation laser, Raman signal enhancement effects are different when applying Ag NS and Ag@SiO2 CSNS, which could be attributed to that the inert SiO2 shell eliminates CE mechanism of the Raman signal. These results provide a simple strategy to figure out the mechanism of the catalytic reaction based on Surface-enhanced Raman scattering.
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- Xingnan Qi
- The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
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- The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- The Beijing Key Laboratory for Nano-Photonics and Nano-Structure, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Slepička P, Slepičková Kasálková N, Siegel J, Kolská Z, Švorčík V. Methods of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Preparation. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 13:E1. [PMID: 31861259 PMCID: PMC6981963 DOI: 10.3390/ma13010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The versatile family of nanoparticles is considered to have a huge impact on the different fields of materials research, mostly nanoelectronics, catalytic chemistry and in study of cytocompatibility, targeted drug delivery and tissue engineering. Different approaches for nanoparticle preparation have been developed, not only based on "bottom up" and "top down" techniques, but also several procedures of effective nanoparticle modifications have been successfully used. This paper is focused on different techniques of nanoparticles' preparation, with primary focus on metal nanoparticles. Dispergation methods such as laser ablation and vacuum sputtering are introduced. Condensation methods such as reduction with sodium citrate, the Brust-Schiffrin method and approaches based on ultraviolet light or biosynthesis of silver and gold are also discussed. Basic properties of colloidal solutions are described. Also a historical overview of nanoparticles are briefly introduced together with short introduction to specific properties of nanoparticles and their solutions.
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- Petr Slepička
- Department of Solid State Engineering, The University of Chemistry and Technology, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (N.S.K.); (J.S.); (V.Š.)
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, The University of Chemistry and Technology, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (N.S.K.); (J.S.); (V.Š.)
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, The University of Chemistry and Technology, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (N.S.K.); (J.S.); (V.Š.)
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- Faculty of Science, J.E. Purkyně University, 400 96 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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- Department of Solid State Engineering, The University of Chemistry and Technology, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (N.S.K.); (J.S.); (V.Š.)
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Wondergem CS, Hartman T, Weckhuysen BM. In Situ Shell-Isolated Nanoparticle-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to Unravel Sequential Hydrogenation of Phenylacetylene over Platinum Nanoparticles. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b03010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Caterina S. Wondergem
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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