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Rosławska A, Kaiser K, Romeo M, Devaux E, Scheurer F, Berciaud S, Neuman T, Schull G. Submolecular-scale control of phototautomerization. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 19:738-743. [PMID: 38413791 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01622-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
Optically activated reactions initiate biological processes such as photosynthesis or vision, but can also control polymerization, catalysis or energy conversion. Methods relying on the manipulation of light at macroscopic and mesoscopic scales are used to control on-surface photochemistry, but do not offer atomic-scale control. Here we take advantage of the confinement of the electromagnetic field at the apex of a scanning tunnelling microscope tip to drive the phototautomerization of a free-base phthalocyanine with submolecular precision. We can control the reaction rate and the relative tautomer population through a change in the laser excitation wavelength or through the tip position. Atomically resolved tip-enhanced photoluminescence spectroscopy and hyperspectral mapping unravel an excited-state mediated process, which is quantitatively supported by a comprehensive theoretical model combining ab initio calculations with a parametric open-quantum-system approach. Our experimental strategy may allow insights in other photochemical reactions and proof useful to control complex on-surface reactions.
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- Anna Rosławska
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPCMS, Strasbourg, France.
- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPCMS, Strasbourg, France
- 4th Physical Institute - Solids and Nanostructures, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), UMR 8214, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France.
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Gawinkowski S, Prakash O. Searching for correlations between geometric and spectroscopic parameters of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in porphyrin-like macrocycles. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:22319-22329. [PMID: 36098255 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01195f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chemical bond lengths and angles are characteristic structural parameters of a molecule. Similarly, the frequencies of the vibrational modes and the NMR chemical shifts are unique "chemical fingerprints" specific to a compound. These are the basic parameters describing newly obtained compounds and enabling their identification. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding significantly influences the physicochemical properties of macrocyclic compounds with a porphyrin-like structure. This work presents the verification for correlations between geometric and spectroscopic parameters related to hydrogen bonds in this type of macrocyclic compounds. In particular, such relationships were investigated for a large group of porphyrin, porphycene, and dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene derivatives and a group of other macrocycles with similar structure. A very strong linear correlation was found only between the vibrational frequencies of the NH groups involved in a hydrogen bond and the length of this bond, which applied to all macrocyclic compounds of this type. Several other relationships were found between spectroscopic (IR, Raman, NMR) and geometric (X-ray) parameters, highlighting differences and similarities between different families of macrocycles. Apart from providing a better understanding of the nature of hydrogen bonds and their characteristics in porphyrin-like macrocyclic compounds, these relationships will facilitate the identification of new macrocycles and the extrapolation of their spectroscopic properties.
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- Sylwester Gawinkowski
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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Toda K, Hirose Y, Kazuma E, Kim Y, Taketsugu T, Iwasa T. Excited States of Metal-Adsorbed Dimethyl Disulfide: A TDDFT Study with Cluster Model. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:4191-4198. [PMID: 35759698 PMCID: PMC9272398 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The optical near
field refers to a localized light field near a
surface that can induce photochemical phenomena such as dipole-forbidden
transitions. Recently, the photodissociation of the S–S bond
of dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) was investigated using a scanning tunneling
microscope with far- and near-field light. This reaction is thought
to be initiated by the lowest-energy highest occupied molecular orbital
(HOMO) to lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) transition of
the DMDS molecule under far-field light. In near-field light, photodissociation
proceeds at lower photon energies than in far-field light. To gain
insight into the underlying mechanism, we theoretically investigated
the excited states of DMDS adsorbed on Cu and Ag surfaces modeled
by a tetrahedral 20-atom cluster. The frontier orbitals of the molecule
were delocalized by the interaction with the metal, resulting in narrowing
of the HOMO–LUMO gap energy. The excited-state distribution
was analyzed using the Mulliken population analysis, decomposing molecular
orbitals into metal and DMDS fragments. The excited states of the
intra-DMDS transitions were found over a wider energy range, but at
low energies, their oscillator strengths were negligible, which is
consistent with the experimental results. Sparse modeling analysis
showed that typical electronic transitions differed between the higher
and lower excited states. If these low-lying excited states are efficiently
excited by near-field light with different selection rules, the S–S
bond dissociation reaction can proceed.
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- Keijiro Toda
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Science, Meiji University, 4-21-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8525, Japan
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,JST PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.,WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.,ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan
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- JST PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.,WPI-ICReDD, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.,ESICB, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan
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Zhu X, Xu Y, Zhao C, Jia C, Guo X. Recent Advances in Photochemical Reactions on Single-Molecule Electrical Platforms. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200017. [PMID: 35150177 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The photochemical reaction is a very important type of chemical reactions. Visualizing and controlling photo-mediated reactions is a long-standing goal and challenge. In this regard, single-molecule electrical detection with label-free, real-time and in situ characteristics has unique advantages in monitoring the dynamic process of photoreactions at the single-molecule level. In this Review, we provide a valuable summary of the latest process of single-molecule photochemical reactions based on single-molecule electrical platforms. The single-molecule electrical detection platforms for monitoring photoreactions are displayed, including their fundamental principles, construction methods and practical applications. The single-molecule studies of two different types of light-mediated reactions are summarized as below: i) photo-induced reactions, including reversible cyclization, conformational isomerization and other photo-related reactions; ii) plasmon-mediated photoreactions, including reaction mechanisms and concrete examples, such as plasmon-induced photolysis of S-S/O-O bonds and tautomerization of porphycene. In addition, the prospects for future research directions and challenges in this field are also discussed. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Xin Zhu
- Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, P. R. China
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- Center of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Center College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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Mahapatra S, Schultz JF, Li L, Zhang X, Jiang N. Controlling Localized Plasmons via an Atomistic Approach: Attainment of Site-Selective Activation inside a Single Molecule. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:2051-2055. [PMID: 34978804 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Chemical reactions such as bond dissociation and formation assisted by localized surface plasmons (LSPs) of noble metal nanostructures hold promise in solar-to-chemical energy conversion. However, the precise control of localized plasmons to activate a specific moiety of a molecule, in the presence of multiple chemically equivalent parts within a single molecule, is scarce due to the relatively large lateral distribution of the plasmonic field. Herein, we report the plasmon-assisted dissociation of a specific molecular site (C-Si bond) within a polyfunctional molecule adsorbed on a Cu(100) surface in the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) junction. The molecular site to be activated can be selected by carefully positioning the tip and bringing the tip extremely close to the molecule (atomistic approach), thereby achieving plasmonic nanoconfinement at the tip apex. Furthermore, multiple reactive sites are activated in a sequential manner at the sub-molecular scale, and different sets of products are created and visualized by STM topography and density functional theory (DFT) modeling. The illustration of site-selective activation achieved by localized surface plasmons implies the realization of molecular-scale resolution for bond-selected plasmon-induced chemistry.
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- Sayantan Mahapatra
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, California 91330, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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Chen Y, Huang L, Chen H, Chen Z, Zhang H, Xiao Z, Hong W. Towards Responsive
Single‐Molecule
Device. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202000420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Yaorong Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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Schultz JF, Li S, Jiang S, Jiang N. Optical scanning tunneling microscopy based chemical imaging and spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:463001. [PMID: 32702674 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aba8c7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Through coupling optical processes with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), single-molecule chemistry and physics have been investigated at the ultimate spatial and temporal limit. Electrons and photons can be used to drive interactions and reactions in chemical systems and simultaneously probe their characteristics and consequences. In this review we introduce and review methods to couple optical imaging and spectroscopy with scanning tunneling microscopy. The integration of the STM and optical spectroscopy provides new insights into individual molecular adsorbates, surface-supported molecular assemblies, and two-dimensional materials with subnanoscale resolution, enabling the fundamental study of chemistry at the spatial and temporal limit. The inelastic scattering of photons by molecules and materials, that results in unique and sensitive vibrational fingerprints, will be considered with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. STM-induced luminescence examines the intrinsic luminescence of organic adsorbates and their energy transfer and charge transfer processes with their surroundings. We also provide a survey of recent efforts to probe the dynamics of optical excitation at the molecular level with scanning tunneling microscopy in the context of light-induced photophysical and photochemical transformations.
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- Jeremy F Schultz
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, United States of America
- Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of America
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPCMS, UMR 7504, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, United States of America
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Doppagne B, Neuman T, Soria-Martinez R, López LEP, Bulou H, Romeo M, Berciaud S, Scheurer F, Aizpurua J, Schull G. Single-molecule tautomerization tracking through space- and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 15:207-211. [PMID: 31959932 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-019-0620-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Tautomerization, the interconversion between two constitutional molecular isomers, is ubiquitous in nature1, plays a major role in chemistry2 and is perceived as an ideal switch function for emerging molecular-scale devices3. Within free-base porphyrin4, porphycene5 or phthalocyanine6, this process involves the concerted or sequential hopping of the two inner hydrogen atoms between equivalent nitrogen sites of the molecular cavity. Electronic and vibronic changes6 that result from this NH tautomerization, as well as details of the switching mechanism, were extensively studied with optical spectroscopies, even with single-molecule sensitivity7. The influence of atomic-scale variations of the molecular environment and submolecular spatial resolution of the tautomerization could only be investigated using scanning probe microscopes3,8-11, at the expense of detailed information provided by optical spectroscopies. Here, we combine these two approaches, scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and fluorescence spectroscopy12-15, to study the tautomerization within individual free-base phthalocyanine (H2Pc) molecules deposited on a NaCl-covered Ag(111) single-crystal surface. STM-induced fluorescence (STM-F) spectra exhibit duplicate features that we assign to the emission of the two molecular tautomers. We support this interpretation by comparing hyper-resolved fluorescence maps15-18(HRFMs) of the different spectral contributions with simulations that account for the interaction between molecular excitons and picocavity plasmons19. We identify the orientation of the molecular optical dipoles, determine the vibronic fingerprint of the tautomers and probe the influence of minute changes in their atomic-scale environment. Time-correlated fluorescence measurements allow us to monitor the tautomerization events and to associate the proton dynamics to a switching two-level system. Finally, optical spectra acquired with the tip located at a nanometre-scale distance from the molecule show that the tautomerization reaction occurs even when the tunnelling current does not pass through the molecule. Together with other observations, this remote excitation indicates that the excited state of the molecule is involved in the tautomerization reaction path.
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- Center for Materials Physics (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and DIPC, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPCMS, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPCMS, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, France
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- Center for Materials Physics (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and DIPC, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPCMS, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, France.
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Lin C, Ikeda K, Shiota Y, Yoshizawa K, Kumagai T. Real-space observation of far- and near-field-induced photolysis of molecular oxygen on an Ag(110) surface by visible light. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:144705. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5112158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Chenfang Lin
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Fukuoka, 819-0395 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Fukuoka, 819-0395 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Fukuoka, 819-0395 Japan
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- JST-PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Kazuma E, Kim Y. Scanning probe microscopy for real-space observations of local chemical reactions induced by a localized surface plasmon. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:19720-19731. [PMID: 31332407 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp02100k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Localised surface plasmon (LSP) resonance has attracted considerable attention in recent years as an efficient driving force for chemical reactions. The chemical reactions induced by LSP are classified into two types, namely, redox reactions based on plasmon-induced charge separation (PICS) and chemical reactions induced by the direct interaction between LSP and molecules (plasmon-induced chemical reactions). Although both types of reactions have been extensively studied, the mechanisms of PICS and plasmon-induced chemical reactions remain unexplained and controversial because conventional macroscopic methods can hardly grasp the local chemical reactions induced by LSP. In order to obtain mechanistic insights, nanoscale observations and investigations are necessary. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is a powerful experimental tool to investigate not only the surface morphology but also the physical and chemical properties of samples at a high spatial resolution. In this perspective review, we first explain SPM combined with optical excitation, and then, review the recent studies using SPM techniques for real-space observations of the chemical reactions induced by LSP.
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- Emiko Kazuma
- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Böckmann H, Müller M, Hammud A, Willinger MG, Pszona M, Waluk J, Wolf M, Kumagai T. Near-Field Spectral Response of Optically Excited Scanning Tunneling Microscope Junctions Probed by Single-Molecule Action Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2068-2074. [PMID: 30964304 PMCID: PMC6727595 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The near-field spectral response of metallic nanocavities is a key characteristic in plasmon-assisted photophysical and photochemical processes. Here, we show that the near-field spectral response of an optically excited plasmonic scanning tunneling microscope (STM) junction can be probed by single-molecule reactions that serve as a nanoscale sensor detecting the local field intensity. Near-field action spectroscopy for the cis ↔ cis tautomerization of porphycene on a Cu(110) surface reveals that the field enhancement in the STM junction largely depends on microscopic structures not only on the tip apex, but also on its shaft. Using nanofabrication of Au tips with focused ion beam, we show that the spectral response is strongly modulated through the interference between the localized surface plasmon in the junction and propagating surface plasmon polariton generated on the shaft. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the near-field spectral response can be manipulated by precisely shaping the tip shaft.
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- Hannes Böckmann
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland
- Faculty
of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- JST-PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Emiko Kazuma
- Surface and Interface Science LaboratoryRIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako-shi Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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- Surface and Interface Science LaboratoryRIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako-shi Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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Kazuma E, Kim Y. Mechanistic Studies of Plasmon Chemistry on Metal Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:4800-4808. [PMID: 30375136 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Chemical reactions induced by the localized surface plasmon (LSP) of metal nanostructures could be important for a sustainable society to achieve highly efficient conversion from solar energy to chemical energy. However, the reaction mechanism of plasmon chemistry in metal catalysis is still controversial. Mechanistic studies of plasmon chemistry involving direct interactions between the LSP and molecules are reviewed and discussed in terms of the excitation mechanisms of the molecules. We focus on the studies performed using plasmonic metal nanoparticles and highlight the recent progress in plasmon chemistry investigated using scanning probe microscopy with high spatial resolution to obtain mechanistic insights that cannot be obtained by macroscopic analytical methods. This Minireview delivers an overview of the mechanistic understanding of plasmon chemistry in metal catalysis at the current stage, and provides guidance for future studies with respect to clarifying reaction mechanisms.
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- Emiko Kazuma
- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Bocquet M, Lorente N, Berndt R, Gruber M. Spin in a Closed‐Shell Organic Molecule on a Metal Substrate Generated by a Sigmatropic Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:821-824. [PMID: 30422385 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Marie‐Laure Bocquet
- PASTEURDépartement de chimieÉcole normale supérieurePSL UniversitySorbonne UniversitéCNRS 75005 Paris France
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- Centro de Fısica de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU) Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian Spain
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte PhysikChristian-Albrechts-Universität 24098 Kiel Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte PhysikChristian-Albrechts-Universität 24098 Kiel Germany
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Lin D, Lin YC, Yang SW, Zhou L, Leong WK, Feng SY, Kong KV. Organometallic-Constructed Tip-Based Dual Chemical Sensing by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Diabetes Detection. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:41902-41908. [PMID: 30387600 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b11950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is capable of probing specific molecular information with high sensitivity, but dual chemical sensing remains a challenge. Another major hindrance to TERS chemical detection in biosamples such as blood is the interference from the strong absorptions of biomolecules. Herein, we report the preparation of an organometallic-conjugated TERS tip. We demonstrate that organometallic chemistry can be perfectly coupled with TERS for dual-molecule sensing. The unique Raman signals generated by the organometallic compound circumvent signal interference from the biomolecules in blood, allowing the rapid analysis of two important molecules (glucose and thiol) in ultralow volume (50 nL) samples. This enabled a correlation between the thiol and glucose levels in the blood of nondiabetic and diabetic patients to be drawn.
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- Duo Lin
- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Photonics Technology , Fujian Normal University , Fuzhou 350007 , China
- College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine , Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Fuzhou 350122 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai East Hospital , Tongji University School of Medicine , Shanghai 200000 , China
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- Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry , Nanyang Technological University , 639798 , Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Photonics Technology , Fujian Normal University , Fuzhou 350007 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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Bocquet M, Lorente N, Berndt R, Gruber M. Spin in a Closed‐Shell Organic Molecule on a Metal Substrate Generated by a Sigmatropic Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201812121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Marie‐Laure Bocquet
- PASTEURDépartement de chimieÉcole normale supérieurePSL UniversitySorbonne UniversitéCNRS 75005 Paris France
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- Centro de Fısica de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU) Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian Spain
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte PhysikChristian-Albrechts-Universität 24098 Kiel Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte PhysikChristian-Albrechts-Universität 24098 Kiel Germany
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Vadai M, Angell DK, Hayee F, Sytwu K, Dionne JA. In-situ observation of plasmon-controlled photocatalytic dehydrogenation of individual palladium nanoparticles. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4658. [PMID: 30405133 PMCID: PMC6220256 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07108-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Plasmonic nanoparticle catalysts offer improved light absorption and carrier transport compared to traditional photocatalysts. However, it remains unclear how plasmonic excitation affects multi-step reaction kinetics and promotes site-selectivity. Here, we visualize a plasmon-induced reaction at the sub-nanoparticle level in-situ and in real-time. Using an environmental transmission electron microscope combined with light excitation, we study the photocatalytic dehydrogenation of individual palladium nanocubes coupled to gold nanoparticles with sub-2 nanometer spatial resolution. We find that plasmons increase the rate of distinct reaction steps with unique time constants; enable reaction nucleation at specific sites closest to the electromagnetic hot spots; and appear to open a new reaction pathway that is not observed without illumination. These effects are explained by plasmon-mediated population of excited-state hybridized palladium-hydrogen orbitals. Our results help elucidate the role of plasmons in light-driven photochemical transformations, en-route to design of site-selective and product-specific photocatalysts.
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- Michal Vadai
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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