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Zhu J, Dai J, Xu Y, Liu X, Chen R, Wang Z, Liu H, Li G. Plasmon-Switched Kinetics for Formic Acid Dehydrogenation: Selective Adsorption Driven by Local Field and Hot Carriers. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202301616. [PMID: 38318952 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Understanding illumination-mediated kinetics is essential for catalyst design in plasmon catalysis. Here we prepare Pd-based plasmonic catalysts with tunable electronic structures to reveal the underlying illumination-enhanced kinetic mechanisms for formic acid (HCOOH) dehydrogenation. We demonstrate a kinetic switch from a competitive Langmuir-Hinshelwood adsorption mode in dark to a non-competitive type under irradiation triggered by local field and hot carriers. Specifically, the electromagnetic field induces a spatial-temporal separation of dehydrogenation-favorable configurations of reactant molecule HCOOH and HCOO- due to their natural different polarities. Meanwhile, the generated energetic carriers can serve as active sites for selective molecular adsorption. The hot electrons act as adsorption sites for HCOOH, while holes prefer to adsorb HCOO-. Such unique non-competitive adsorption kinetics induced by plasmon effects serves as another typical characteristic of plasmonic catalysis that remarkably differs from thermocatalysis. This work unravels unique adsorption transformations and a kinetic switching driven by plasmon nonthermal effects.
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- Jiannan Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials & Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, PR China
- Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518000, PR China
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Ghosalya MK, Talebi P, Singh H, Klyushin A, Kokkonen E, Alaoui Mansouri M, Huttula M, Cao W, Urpelainen S. Solar light driven atomic and electronic transformations in a plasmonic Ni@NiO/NiCO 3 photocatalyst revealed by ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Catal Sci Technol 2024; 14:3029-3040. [PMID: 38841155 PMCID: PMC11149490 DOI: 10.1039/d4cy00204k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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This work employs ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) to delve into the atomic and electronic transformations of a core-shell Ni@NiO/NiCO3 photocatalyst - a model system for visible light active plasmonic photocatalysts used in water splitting for hydrogen production. This catalyst exhibits reversible structural and electronic changes in response to water vapor and solar simulator light. In this study, APXPS spectra were obtained under a 1 millibar water vapor pressure, employing a solar simulator with an AM 1.5 filter to measure spectral data under visible light illumination. The in situ APXPS spectra indicate that the metallic Ni core absorbs the light, exciting plasmons, and creates hot electrons that are subsequently utilized through hot electron injection in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by NiCO3. Additionally, the data show that NiO undergoes reversible oxidation to NiOOH in the presence of water vapor and light. The present work also investigates the contribution of carbonate and its involvement in the photocatalytic reaction mechanism, shedding light on this seldom-explored aspect of photocatalysis. The APXPS results highlight the photochemical reduction of carbonates into -COOH, contributing to the deactivation of the photocatalyst. This work demonstrates the APXPS efficacy in examining photochemical reactions, charge transfer dynamics and intermediates in potential photocatalysts under near realistic conditions.
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu FIN-90014 Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu FIN-90014 Finland
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University Box 118 Lund 22100 Sweden
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu FIN-90014 Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu FIN-90014 Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu FIN-90014 Finland
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Liu C, Wu T, Lalanne P, Maier SA. Enhanced Light-Matter Interaction in Metallic Nanoparticles: A Generic Strategy of Smart Void Filling. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4641-4648. [PMID: 38579120 PMCID: PMC11036389 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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The intrinsic properties of materials play a substantial role in light-matter interactions, impacting both bulk metals and nanostructures. While plasmonic nanostructures exhibit strong interactions with photons via plasmon resonances, achieving efficient light absorption/scattering in other transition metals remains a challenge, impeding various applications related to optoelectronics, chemistry, and energy harvesting. Here, we propose a universal strategy to enhance light-matter interaction, through introducing voids onto the surface of metallic nanoparticles. This strategy spans nine metals including those traditionally considered optically inactive. The absorption cross section of void-filled nanoparticles surpasses the value of plasmonic (Ag/Au) counterparts with tunable resonance peaks across a broad spectral range. Notably, this enhancement is achieved under arbitrary polarizations and varied particle sizes and in the presence of geometric disorder, highlighting the universal adaptability. Our strategy holds promise for inspiring emerging devices in photocatalysis, bioimaging, optical sensing, and beyond, particularly when metals other than gold or silver are preferred.
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- Changxu Liu
- Centre
for Metamaterial Research & Innovation, Department of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom
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- LP2N, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université
de Bordeaux, Talence 33400, France
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- LP2N, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Université
de Bordeaux, Talence 33400, France
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
- Blackett
Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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Dey A, Silveira VR, Vadell RB, Lindblad A, Lindblad R, Shtender V, Görlin M, Sá J. Exploiting hot electrons from a plasmon nanohybrid system for the photoelectroreduction of CO 2. Commun Chem 2024; 7:59. [PMID: 38509134 PMCID: PMC10954701 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01149-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Plasmonic materials convert light into hot carriers and heat to mediate catalytic transformation. The participation of hot carriers (photocatalysis) remains a subject of vigorous debate, often argued on the basis that carriers have ultrashort lifetime incompatible with drive photochemical processes. This study utilises plasmon hot electrons directly in the photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO via a Ppasmonic nanohybrid. Through the deliberate construction of a plasmonic nanohybrid system comprising NiO/Au/ReI(phen-NH2)(CO)3Cl (phen-NH2 = 1,10-Phenanthrolin-5-amine) that is unstable above 580 K; it was possible to demonstrate hot electrons are the main culprit in CO2 reduction. The engagement of hot electrons in the catalytic process is derived from many approaches that cover the processes in real-time, from ultrafast charge generation and separation to catalysis occurring on the minute scale. Unbiased in situ FTIR spectroscopy confirmed the stepwise reduction of the catalytic system. This, coupled with the low thermal stability of the ReI(phen-NH2)(CO)3Cl complex, explicitly establishes plasmonic hot carriers as the primary contributors to the process. Therefore, mediating catalytic reactions by plasmon hot carriers is feasible and holds promise for further exploration. Plasmonic nanohybrid systems can leverage plasmon's unique photophysics and capabilities because they expedite the carrier's lifetime.
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- Ananta Dey
- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Division of X-ray Photon Science, Uppsala University, 751 21, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Division of X-ray Photon Science, Uppsala University, 751 21, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Division of Applied Materials Science, Uppsala University, 75103, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Structural Chemistry division, Uppsala University, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Marcina Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.
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Tao QQ, Xu CH, Zhao W, Chen HY, Xu JJ. Electrogenerated chemiluminescence imaging of plasmon-induced electrochemical reactions at single nanocatalysts. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:2520-2523. [PMID: 38324194 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00001c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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This study explores plasmon-induced electrochemical reactions on single nanoparticles using electrogenerated chemiluminescence microscopy (ECLM). Under laser irradiation, real-time screening showed lower plasmon-induced reaction efficiency for bimetallic Au@Pt nanoparticles compared to monometallic Au nanoparticles. ECLM offers a high-throughput imaging and precise quantitative approach for analyzing photo-electrochemical conversion at single nanoparticle level, valuable for both theoretical exploration and optimization of plasmonic nanocatalysts.
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- Qian-Qian Tao
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
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Dey A, Mendalz A, Wach A, Vadell RB, Silveira VR, Leidinger PM, Huthwelker T, Shtender V, Novotny Z, Artiglia L, Sá J. Hydrogen evolution with hot electrons on a plasmonic-molecular catalyst hybrid system. Nat Commun 2024; 15:445. [PMID: 38200016 PMCID: PMC10781775 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44752-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Plasmonic systems convert light into electrical charges and heat, mediating catalytic transformations. However, there is ongoing controversy regarding the involvement of hot carriers in the catalytic process. In this study, we demonstrate the direct utilisation of plasmon hot electrons in the hydrogen evolution reaction with visible light. We intentionally assemble a plasmonic nanohybrid system comprising NiO/Au/[Co(1,10-Phenanthrolin-5-amine)2(H2O)2], which is unstable at water thermolysis temperatures. This assembly limits the plasmon thermal contribution while ensuring that hot carriers are the primary contributors to the catalytic process. By combining photoelectrocatalysis with advanced in situ spectroscopies, we can substantiate a reaction mechanism in which plasmon-induced hot electrons play a crucial role. These plasmonic hot electrons are directed into phenanthroline ligands, facilitating the rapid, concerted proton-electron transfer steps essential for hydrogen generation. The catalytic response to light modulation aligns with the distinctive profile of a hot carrier-mediated process, featuring a positive, though non-essential, heat contribution.
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- Ananta Dey
- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, Box 532, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, Box 532, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, Box 532, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, Box 532, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, division of Applied Materials Science, Uppsala University, 75103, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Physical Chemistry division, Uppsala University, Box 532, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Marcina Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.
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Lee J, Lee J, Lee G, Kim DS, Ryu YS, Seo M. Advancements of Intense Terahertz Field Focusing on Metallic Nanoarchitectures for Monitoring Hidden Interatomic Gas-Matter Interactions. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2308975. [PMID: 37994274 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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With the advancements of nanotechnology, innovative photonic designs coupled with functional materials provide a unique way to acquire, share, and respond effectively to information. It is found that the simple deposition of a 30 nm-thick palladium nanofilm on a terahertz (THz) metasurface chip with a 14 nm-wide effective nanogap of asymmetric materials and geometries allows the tracking of both interatomic and interfacial gas-matter interactions, including gas adsorption, hydrogenation (or dehydrogenation), metal phase changes, and unique water-forming reactions. Combinatorial analyses by simulation and experimental measurements demonstrate the distinct nanostructures, which leads to significant light-matter interactions and corresponding THz absorption in a real-time, highly repeatable, and reliable manner. The complex lattice dynamics and intrinsic properties of metals influenced by hydrogen gas exposure are also thoroughly examined using systematically controlled ternary gas mixture devices that mimic normal temperature and pressure. Furthermore, the novel degrees of freedom are utilized to analyze various physical phenomena, and thus, analytical methods that enable the tracking of unknown hidden stages of water-forming reactions resulting in water growth are introduced. A single exposure of the wave spectrum emphasizes the robustness of the proposed THz nanoscopic probe, bridging the gap between fundamental laboratory research and industry.
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- Jinwoo Lee
- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, Long-wavelength Nanotechnology Laboratory, and Quantum Photonics Institute, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, Long-wavelength Nanotechnology Laboratory, and Quantum Photonics Institute, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in Precision Public Health, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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Han Y, Wang L, Cao K, Zhou J, Zhu Y, Hou Y, Lu Y. In Situ TEM Characterization and Modulation for Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials. Chem Rev 2023; 123:14119-14184. [PMID: 38055201 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Solid-state phase transformation is an intriguing phenomenon in crystalline or noncrystalline solids due to the distinct physical and chemical properties that can be obtained and modified by phase engineering. Compared to bulk solids, nanomaterials exhibit enhanced capability for phase engineering due to their small sizes and high surface-to-volume ratios, facilitating various emerging applications. To establish a comprehensive atomistic understanding of phase engineering, in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques have emerged as powerful tools, providing unprecedented atomic-resolution imaging, multiple characterization and stimulation mechanisms, and real-time integrations with various external fields. In this Review, we present a comprehensive overview of recent advances in in situ TEM studies to characterize and modulate nanomaterials for phase transformations under different stimuli, including mechanical, thermal, electrical, environmental, optical, and magnetic factors. We briefly introduce crystalline structures and polymorphism and then summarize phase stability and phase transformation models. The advanced experimental setups of in situ techniques are outlined and the advantages of in situ TEM phase engineering are highlighted, as demonstrated via several representative examples. Besides, the distinctive properties that can be obtained from in situ phase engineering are presented. Finally, current challenges and future research opportunities, along with their potential applications, are suggested.
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- Ying Han
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710026, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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Zhu J, Dai J, Xu Y, Liu X, Wang Z, Liu H, Li G. Photo-enhanced dehydrogenation of formic acid on Pd-based hybrid plasmonic nanostructures. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:6819-6829. [PMID: 38059022 PMCID: PMC10696931 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00663h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Coupling visible light with Pd-based hybrid plasmonic nanostructures has effectively enhanced formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation at room temperature. Unlike conventional heating to achieve higher product yield, the plasmonic effect supplies a unique surface environment through the local electromagnetic field and hot charge carriers, avoiding unfavorable energy consumption and attenuated selectivity. In this minireview, we summarized the latest advances in plasmon-enhanced FA dehydrogenation, including geometry/size-dependent dehydrogenation activities, and further catalytic enhancement by coupling local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) with Fermi level engineering or alloying effect. Furthermore, some representative cases were taken to interpret the mechanisms of hot charge carriers and the local electromagnetic field on molecular adsorption/activation. Finally, a summary of current limitations and future directions was outlined from the perspectives of mechanism and materials design for the field of plasmon-enhanced FA decomposition.
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- Jiannan Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 PR China
- Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology Research Institute Shenzhen 518000 PR China
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Jakimińska A, Spilarewicz K, Macyk W. New insights into the influence of plasmonic and non-plasmonic nanostructures on the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:6038-6044. [PMID: 37941939 PMCID: PMC10628983 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00513e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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The results of this work cover the influence of plasmonic (gold) and non-plasmonic (palladium) nanostructures on the photocatalytic activity and redox properties of titanium dioxide. Materials decorated with gold, palladium and both materials were examined using photoelectrochemical and spectroelectrochemical methods to establish the changes introduced by the modifications and the possibility of the influence of the plasmonic effect from gold on their activity. Additionally, the photocatalytic tests of hydroxyl radical generation and hydrogen evolution were performed to confirm the activity of modified materials in oxidation and reduction reactions. It turned out that in the observed system the catalytic properties of palladium determine mostly the activity of modified materials, and the surface plasmon resonance of gold does not affect the activity. Moreover, the influence of the nanostructures on the activity, besides the catalytic performance, is the same for plasmonic and non-plasmonic ones and results in a change in the redox properties of the semiconductor.
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- Anna Jakimińska
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Ul. Gronostajowa 2 30-387 Kraków Poland
- Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Jagiellonian University Ul. S. Łojasiewicza 11 30-348 Kraków Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Ul. Gronostajowa 2 30-387 Kraków Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Ul. Gronostajowa 2 30-387 Kraków Poland
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Lyu PT, Yin LX, Shen YT, Gao Z, Chen HY, Xu JJ, Kang B. Plasmonic Cavity-Catalysis by Standing Hot Carrier Waves. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18912-18919. [PMID: 37584625 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Manipulating active sites of catalysts is crucial but challenging in catalysis science and engineering. Beyond the design of the composition and structure of catalysts, the confined electromagnetic field in optical cavities has recently become a promising method for catalyzing chemical reactions via strong light-matter interactions. Another form of confined electromagnetic field, the charge density wave in plasmonic cavities, however, still needs to be explored for catalysis. Here, we present an unprecedented catalytic mode based on plasmonic cavities, called plasmonic cavity-catalysis. We achieve direct control of catalytic sites in plasmonic cavities through standing hot carrier waves. Periodic catalytic hotspots are formed because of localized energy and carrier distribution and can be well tuned by cavity geometry, charge density, and excitation angle. We also found that the catalytic activity of the cavity mode increases several orders of magnitude compared with conventional plasmonic catalysis. We ultimately demonstrate that the locally concentrated long-lived hot carriers in the standing wave mode underlie the formation of the catalytic hotspots. Plasmonic cavity-catalysis provides a new approach to manipulate the catalytic sites and rates and may expand the frontier of heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Pin-Tian Lyu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Zhu Z, Tang R, Li C, An X, He L. Promises of Plasmonic Antenna-Reactor Systems in Gas-Phase CO 2 Photocatalysis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2302568. [PMID: 37338243 PMCID: PMC10460874 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202302568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Sunlight-driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction provides intriguing opportunities for addressing the energy and environmental crises faced by humans. The rational combination of plasmonic antennas and active transition metal-based catalysts, known as "antenna-reactor" (AR) nanostructures, allows the simultaneous optimization of optical and catalytic performances of photocatalysts, and thus holds great promise for CO2 photocatalysis. Such design combines the favorable absorption, radiative, and photochemical properties of the plasmonic components with the great catalytic potentials and conductivities of the reactor components. In this review, recent developments of photocatalysts based on plasmonic AR systems for various gas-phase CO2 reduction reactions with emphasis on the electronic structure of plasmonic and catalytic metals, plasmon-driven catalytic pathways, and the role of AR complex in photocatalytic processes are summarized. Perspectives in terms of challenges and future research in this area are also highlighted.
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- Zhijie Zhu
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)Soochow UniversitySuzhou215123P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)Soochow UniversitySuzhou215123P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)Soochow UniversitySuzhou215123P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & DevicesSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)Soochow UniversitySuzhou215123P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon TechnologiesSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)Soochow UniversitySuzhou215123P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon TechnologiesSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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Alcorn FM, van der Veen RM, Jain PK. In Situ Electron Microscopy of Transformations of Copper Nanoparticles under Plasmonic Excitation. NANO LETTERS 2023. [PMID: 37399502 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Metal nanoparticles are attracting interest for their light-absorption properties, but such materials are known to dynamically evolve under the action of chemical and physical perturbations, resulting in changes in their structure and composition. Using a transmission electron microscope equipped for optical excitation of the specimen, the structural evolution of Cu-based nanoparticles under simultaneous electron beam irradiation and plasmonic excitation was investigated with high spatiotemporal resolution. These nanoparticles initially have a Cu core-Cu2O oxide shell structure, but over the course of imaging, they undergo hollowing via the nanoscale Kirkendall effect. We captured the nucleation of a void within the core, which then rapidly grows along specific crystallographic directions until the core is hollowed out. Hollowing is triggered by electron-beam irradiation; plasmonic excitation enhances the kinetics of the transformation likely by the effect of photothermal heating.
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- Francis M Alcorn
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana─Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Liu Y, Qin Z, Zhou J, Jia X, Li H, Wang X, Chen Y, Sun Z, He X, Li H, Wang G, Chang H. Nano-biosensor for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 detection: methods, mechanism and interface design. RSC Adv 2023; 13:17883-17906. [PMID: 37323463 PMCID: PMC10262965 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02560h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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The epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was a huge disaster to human society. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which led to COVID-19, has resulted in a large number of deaths. Even though the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the most efficient method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, the disadvantages (such as long detection time, professional operators, expensive instruments, and laboratory equipment) limit its application. In this review, the different kinds of nano-biosensors based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), surface plasmon resonance (SPR), field-effect transistor (FET), fluorescence methods, and electrochemical methods are summarized, starting with a concise description of their sensing mechanism. The different bioprobes (such as ACE2, S protein-antibody, IgG antibody, IgM antibody, and SARS-CoV-2 DNA probes) with different bio-principles are introduced. The key structural components of the biosensors are briefly introduced to give readers an understanding of the principles behind the testing methods. In particular, SARS-CoV-2-related RNA mutation detection and its challenges are also briefly described. We hope that this review will encourage readers with different research backgrounds to design SARS-CoV-2 nano-biosensors with high selectivity and sensitivity.
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- Yansheng Liu
- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei China
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology Liuzhou 545616 Guangxi China
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- Quantum-Nano Matter and Device Lab, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 Hubei China
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Cerra S, Carlini L, Salamone TA, Hajareh Haghighi F, Mercurio M, Pennacchi B, Sappino C, Battocchio C, Nottola S, Matassa R, Fratoddi I. Noble Metal Nanoparticles Networks Stabilized by Rod‐Like Organometallic Bifunctional Thiols. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202300874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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- Sara Cerra
- Department of Chemistry Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Sciences Roma Tre University Via della Vasca Navale 79 00146 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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- Department of Sciences Roma Tre University Via della Vasca Navale 79 00146 Rome Italy
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- Department of Anatomical Histological Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences Section of Human Anatomy Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Borelli 50 00161 Rome Italy
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- Department of Anatomical Histological Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences Section of Human Anatomy Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Borelli 50 00161 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Sapienza University of Rome P.le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
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Time-resolved transmission electron microscopy for nanoscale chemical dynamics. Nat Rev Chem 2023; 7:256-272. [PMID: 37117417 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-023-00469-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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The ability of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to image a structure ranging from millimetres to Ångströms has made it an indispensable component of the toolkit of modern chemists. TEM has enabled unprecedented understanding of the atomic structures of materials and how structure relates to properties and functions. Recent developments in TEM have advanced the technique beyond static material characterization to probing structural evolution on the nanoscale in real time. Accompanying advances in data collection have pushed the temporal resolution into the microsecond regime with the use of direct-electron detectors and down to the femtosecond regime with pump-probe microscopy. Consequently, studies have deftly applied TEM for understanding nanoscale dynamics, often in operando. In this Review, time-resolved in situ TEM techniques and their applications for probing chemical and physical processes are discussed, along with emerging directions in the TEM field.
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Żak AM. Light-Induced In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy─Development, Challenges, and Perspectives. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:9219-9226. [PMID: 36442075 PMCID: PMC9756336 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Transmission electron microscopy is a basic technique used for examining matter at the highest magnification scale available. One of its most challenging branches is in situ microscopy, in which dynamic processes are observed in real time. Among the various stimuli, like strain, temperature, and magnetic or electric fields, the light-matter interaction is rarely observed. However, in recent years, a significant increase in the interest in this technique has been observed. Therefore, I present a summary and critical review of all the in situ experiments performed with light, various technical possibilities for bringing radiation inside the transmission electron microscope, and the most important differences between the effects of light and electrons on the studied matter. Finally, I summarize the most promising directions for further research using light excitation.
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She X, Yang G, Shen Y, Jin C. Visual hydrogenation of palladium membranes on an elastic substrate and their applications in hydrogen sensing. NANO SELECT 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/nano.202200157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Xiaoyi She
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou China
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Cheng HT, Huang MS, Hsu SW. Combination of Plasmon-Mediated Photochemistry and Seed-Mediated Methods for Synthesis of Bicomponent Nanocrystals. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:30622-30631. [PMID: 36061648 PMCID: PMC9434765 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c04349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plasmon resonances of metal nanocrystals resulted from free electrons oscillating around nanocrystals, leading to a strong electromagnetic field around them. Because these oscillating electrons possess higher energy than the original ones, also known as hot electrons, these were widely used as photocatalysts for various reactions. Also, the strength and distribution of the electromagnetic field around the nanocrystals strongly depended on their morphology and excited irradiation, which led to the reaction environment around nanocrystals being controllable. Here, we integrated the seed-mediated and plasmon-mediated photochemistry methods for fabricating bimetallic and semiconductor-metal nanocrystals with controllable morphologies and compositions of the nanocrystals, resulting from the highly anisotropic reaction environment around the nanocrystals. The highly anisotropic reaction environment around the template nanocrystal was caused by the distribution of electromagnetic fields around it and its exposure area in the reaction solution. This new synthesis method should enable the fabrication of various multicomponent nanocrystals with desirable functions for potential applications, such as photocatalysts, chemical sensors, biosensors, biomedicines, etc.
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Joshi PB, Wilson AJ. Plasmonically enhanced electrochemistry boosted by nonaqueous solvent. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:241101. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0094694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Plasmon excitation of metal electrodes is known to enhance important energy related electrochemical transformations in aqueous media. However, the low solubility of nonpolar gases and molecular reagents involved in many energy conversion reactions limits the number of products formed per unit time in aqueous media. In this Communication, we use linear sweep voltammetry to measure how electrochemical H2O reduction in a nonaqueous solvent, acetonitrile, is enhanced by excitation of a plasmonic electrode. Plasmonically excited electrochemically roughened Au electrodes are found to produce photopotentials as large as 175 mV, which can be harnessed to lower the applied electrical bias required to drive the formation of H2. As the solvent polarity increases, by an increase in the concentration of H2O, the measured photopotential rapidly drops off to ∼50 mV. We propose a mechanism by which an increase in the H2O concentration increasingly stabilizes the photocharged plasmonic electrode, lowering the photopotential available to assist in the electrochemical reaction. Our study demonstrates that solvent polarity is an essential experimental parameter to optimize plasmonic enhancement in electrochemistry.
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- Padmanabh B. Joshi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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Dieperink M, Scalerandi F, Albrecht W. Correlating structure, morphology and properties of metal nanostructures by combining single-particle optical spectroscopy and electron microscopy. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:7460-7472. [PMID: 35481561 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr08130f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The nanoscale morphology of metal nanostructures directly defines their optical, catalytic and electronic properties and even small morphological changes can cause significant property variations. On the one hand, this dependence allows for precisely tuning and exploring properties by shape engineering; next to advanced synthesis protocols, post-synthesis modification through tailored laser modification has become an emerging tool to do so. On the other hand, with this interconnection also comes the quest for detailed structure-property correlation and understanding of laser-induced reshaping processes on the individual nanostructure level beyond ensemble averages. With the development of single-particle (ultrafast) optical spectroscopy techniques and advanced electron microscopy such understanding can in principle be gained at the femtosecond temporal and atomic spatial scale, respectively. However, accessing both on the same individual nanostructure is far from straightforward as it requires the combination of optical spectroscopy and electron microscopy. In this Minireview, we highlight key studies from recent years that performed such correlative measurements on the same individual metal nanostructure either in a consecutive ex situ manner or in situ inside the electron microscope. We demonstrate that such a detailed correlation is critical for revealing the full picture of the structure-property relationship and the physics behind light-induced nanostructure modifications. We put emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology as well as on the unique information that one can gain only by correlative studies performed on the same individual nanostructure and end with an outlook on possible further development of this field in the near future.
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- Mees Dieperink
- Department of Sustainable Energy Materials, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Sustainable Energy Materials, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Sustainable Energy Materials, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Fang S, Hu YH. Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:3609-3647. [PMID: 35419581 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00782c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Thermo-photo catalysis, which is the catalysis with the participation of both thermal and photo energies, not only reduces the large energy consumption of thermal catalysis but also addresses the low efficiency of photocatalysis. As a whole greater than the sum of its parts, thermo-photo catalysis has been proven as an effective and promising technology to drive chemical reactions. In this review, we first clarify the definition (beyond photo-thermal catalysis and plasmonic catalysis), classification, and principles of thermo-photo catalysis and then reveal its superiority over individual thermal catalysis and photocatalysis. After elucidating the design principles and strategies toward highly efficient thermo-photo catalytic systems, an ample discussion on the synergetic effects of thermal and photo energies is provided from two perspectives, namely, the promotion of photocatalysis by thermal energy and the promotion of thermal catalysis by photo energy. Subsequently, state-of-the-art techniques applied to explore thermo-photo catalytic mechanisms are reviewed, followed by a summary on the broad applications of thermo-photo catalysis and its energy management toward industrialization. In the end, current challenges and potential research directions related to thermo-photo catalysis are outlined.
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- Siyuan Fang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295, USA.
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Schirato A, Crotti G, Gonçalves Silva M, Teles-Ferreira DC, Manzoni C, Proietti Zaccaria R, Laporta P, de Paula AM, Cerullo G, Della Valle G. Ultrafast Plasmonics Beyond the Perturbative Regime: Breaking the Electronic-Optical Dynamics Correspondence. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:2748-2754. [PMID: 35343692 PMCID: PMC9011396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The transient optical response of plasmonic nanostructures has recently been the focus of extensive research. Accurate prediction of the ultrafast dynamics following excitation of hot electrons by ultrashort laser pulses is of major relevance in a variety of contexts from the study of light harvesting and photocatalytic processes to nonlinear nanophotonics and the all-optical modulation of light. So far, all studies have assumed the correspondence between the temporal evolution of the dynamic optical signal, retrieved by transient absorption spectroscopy, and that of the photoexcited hot electrons, described in terms of their temperature. Here, we show both theoretically and experimentally that this correspondence does not hold under a nonperturbative excitation regime. Our results indicate that the main mechanism responsible for the breaking of the correspondence between electronic and optical dynamics is universal in plasmonics, being dominated by the nonlinear smearing of the Fermi-Dirac occupation probability at high hot-electron temperatures.
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- Andrea Schirato
- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
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- Departamento
de Física, Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil
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- Istituto
di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
- Cixi Institute
of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo 315201, China
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto
di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Departamento
de Física, Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto
di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto
di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
- Istituto
Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria, 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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Wy Y, Jung H, Hong JW, Han SW. Exploiting Plasmonic Hot Spots in Au-Based Nanostructures for Sensing and Photocatalysis. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:831-843. [PMID: 35213153 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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ConspectusLocalized surface plasmon resonance is a unique property appearing in certain metal nanostructures, which can generate hot carriers (electrons and holes) and bring about an intense electromagnetic field localized near the surface of nanostructures. Specific locations, such as the rough surfaces and gaps in nanostructures, where a strong electromagnetic field is formed are referred to as hot spots. Hot-spot-containing plasmonic nanostructures have shown great promise in molecular sensing and plasmon-induced catalytic applications by exploiting the unique optical properties of hot spots. In this Account, we will review our recent developments in the synthesis of Au nanostructures consisting of multiple hot spots and Au-based heteronanostructures combining secondary active metals or semiconductors with Au nanostructures as promising plasmonic platforms for hot-spot-induced sensing and photocatalysis. We first provide a brief introduction to Au nanocrystals and Au nanoparticle assemblies with multiple hot spots. High-index-faceted hexoctahedral Au nanocrystals having multiple high-curvature vertices and edges are beneficial for the generation of an intense and reproducible electromagnetic field, which can enhance the performance of surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based molecular sensing. In addition, the engineering of interparticle gaps in Au nanoparticle assemblies to have a controlled size and a certain number of gaps can lead to the enhancement of plasmonic properties due to the significant amplification of the electromagnetic field at interparticle gaps. We then discuss hot-spot-containing Au-based heteronanostructures prepared by growing secondary components on the aforementioned Au nanostructures. With a combination of merit from strong plasmon energy formed by hot spots and catalytically active secondary materials, Au-based heteronanostructures have emerged as an attractive and versatile catalyst platform for various photocatalytic reactions. Through the control of key factors governing the photocatalysis of Au-based heteronanostructures, such as the coupling manner, shell thickness of secondary materials, and intimacy of contact, the plasmon energy formation of heteronanostructures and its transfer to catalytically active materials can be optimized, leading to the promotion of photocatalysis, such as photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. The rational design of Au nanostructures and Au-based heteronanostructures with multiple hot spots not only could realize enhanced sensing and photocatalysis but also could enable the understanding of the geometry-performance relationship. It is envisioned that the developed strategies can offer new opportunities for the design of various high-efficiency catalytic platforms.
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- Younghyun Wy
- Center for Nanotectonics, Department of Chemistry and KI for the NanoCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Center for Nanotectonics, Department of Chemistry and KI for the NanoCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Korea
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- Center for Nanotectonics, Department of Chemistry and KI for the NanoCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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Wang D, Shi F, Jose J, Hu Y, Zhang C, Zhu A, Grzeschik R, Schlücker S, Xie W. In Situ Monitoring of Palladium-Catalyzed Chemical Reactions by Nanogap-Enhanced Raman Scattering using Single Pd Cube Dimers. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5003-5009. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Dan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Lab of Molecular Recognition & Biosensing, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Rd. 94, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Lab of Molecular Recognition & Biosensing, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Rd. 94, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen 45141, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Lab of Molecular Recognition & Biosensing, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Rd. 94, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Lab of Molecular Recognition & Biosensing, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Rd. 94, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Lab of Molecular Recognition & Biosensing, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Rd. 94, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen 45141, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen 45141, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Lab of Molecular Recognition & Biosensing, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Rd. 94, Tianjin 300071, China
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Ge M, Zhang X, Zhou G, Chen S, Wu Z, Li L, Nie Y, Wang Y, Yu Y, Lin D, Li P, Yang L. Insight into ultrasensitive and high-stability flocculation-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for the in situ noninvasive probing of cupping effect substances. Analyst 2022; 147:3456-3463. [DOI: 10.1039/d2an00916a] [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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The combination of in situ TEM and theoretical analysis is applied to further analyze the behavior of nanoparticles in flocculation; particularly, for the in situ noninvasive probing of effect substances after cupping.
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- Meihong Ge
- Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Department of Pharmacy, Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Department of Pharmacy, Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Department of Pharmacy, Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, Anhui, China
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Jin R, Xu Y, Dong ZG, Liu Y. Optical Pulling Forces Enabled by Hyperbolic Metamaterials. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:10431-10437. [PMID: 34898220 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We propose a novel approach to generating optical pulling forces on a gold nanowire, which are placed inside or above a hyperbolic metamaterial and subjected to plane wave illumination. Two mechanisms are found to induce the optical pulling force, including the concave isofrequency contour of the hyperbolic metamaterial and the excitation of directional surface plasmon polaritons. We systematically study the optical forces under various conditions, including the wavelength, the angle of incidence of light, and the nanowire radius. It is shown that the optical pulling force enabled by hyperbolic metamaterials is broadband and insensitive to the angle of incidence. The mechanisms and results reported here open a new avenue to manipulating nanoscale objects.
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- Physics Department, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Oksenberg E, Shlesinger I, Xomalis A, Baldi A, Baumberg JJ, Koenderink AF, Garnett EC. Energy-resolved plasmonic chemistry in individual nanoreactors. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 16:1378-1385. [PMID: 34608268 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00973-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plasmonic resonances can concentrate light into exceptionally small volumes, which approach the molecular scale. The extreme light confinement provides an advantageous pathway to probe molecules at the surface of plasmonic nanostructures with highly sensitive spectroscopies, such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Unavoidable energy losses associated with metals, which are usually seen as a nuisance, carry invaluable information on energy transfer to the adsorbed molecules through the resonance linewidth. We measured a thousand single nanocavities with sharp gap plasmon resonances spanning the red to near-infrared spectral range and used changes in their linewidth, peak energy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectra to monitor energy transfer and plasmon-driven chemical reactions at their surface. Using methylene blue as a model system, we measured shifts in the absorption spectrum of molecules following surface adsorption and revealed a rich plasmon-driven reactivity landscape that consists of distinct reaction pathways that occur in separate resonance energy windows.
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- NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- DIFFER-Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Czelej K, Colmenares JC, Jabłczyńska K, Ćwieka K, Werner Ł, Gradoń L. Sustainable hydrogen production by plasmonic thermophotocatalysis. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Liu D, Xue C. Plasmonic Coupling Architectures for Enhanced Photocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2005738. [PMID: 33891777 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Plasmonic photocatalysis is a promising approach for solar energy transformation. Comparing with isolated metal nanoparticles, the plasmonic coupling architectures can provide further strengthened local electromagnetic field and boosted light-harvesting capability through optimal control over the composition, spacing, and orientation of individual nanocomponents. As such, when integrated with semiconductor photocatalysts, the coupled metal nanostructures can dramatically promote exciton generation and separation through plasmonic-coupling-driven charge/energy transfer toward superior photocatalytic efficiencies. Herein, the principles of the plasmonic coupling effect are presented and recent progress on the construction of plasmonic coupling architectures and their integration with semiconductors for enhanced photocatalytic reactions is summarized. In addition, the remaining challenges as to the rational design and utilization of plasmon coupling structures are elaborated, and some prospects to inspire new opportunities on the future development of plasmonic coupling structures for efficient and sustainable light-driven reactions are raised.
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- Dong Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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Ding J, Wang F, Pan F, Yu P, Gao N, Goldsmith RH, Cai S, Yang R, He J. Two-Dimensional Palladium Nanosheet Intercalated with Gold Nanoparticles for Plasmon-Enhanced Electrocatalysis. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Jianwei Ding
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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Swearer DF, Bourgeois BB, Angell DK, Dionne JA. Advancing Plasmon-Induced Selectivity in Chemical Transformations with Optically Coupled Transmission Electron Microscopy. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:3632-3642. [PMID: 34492177 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nanoparticle photocatalysts are essential to processes ranging from chemical production and water purification to air filtration and surgical instrument sterilization. Photochemical reactions are generally mediated by the illumination of metallic and/or semiconducting nanomaterials, which provide the necessary optical absorption, electronic band structure, and surface faceting to drive molecular reactions. However, with reaction efficiency and selectivity dictated by atomic and molecular interactions, imaging and controlling photochemistry at the atomic scale are necessary to both understand reaction mechanisms and to improve nanomaterials for next-generation catalysts. Here, we describe how advances in plasmonics, combined with advances in electron microscopy, particularly optically coupled transmission electron microscopy (OTEM), can be used to image and control light-induced chemical transformations at the nanoscale. We focus on our group's research investigating the interaction between hydrogen gas and Pd nanoparticles, which presents an important model system for understanding both hydrogenation catalysis and hydrogen storage. The studies described in this Account primarily rely on an environmental transmission electron microscope, a tool capable of circumventing traditional TEM's high-vacuum requirements, outfitted with optical sources and detectors to couple light into and out of the microscope. First, we describe the H2 loading kinetics of individual Pd nanoparticles. When confined to sizes of less than ∼100 nm, single-crystalline Pd nanoparticles exhibit coherent phase transformations between the hydrogen-poor α-phase and hydrogen-rich β-phase, as revealed through monitoring the bulk plasmon resonance with electron energy loss spectroscopy. Next, we describe how contrast imaging techniques, such as phase contrast STEM and displaced-aperture dark field, can be employed as real-time techniques to image phase transformations with 100 ms temporal resolution. Studies of multiply twinned Pd nanoparticles and high aspect ratio Pd nanorods demonstrate that internal strain and grain boundaries can lead to partial hydrogenation within individual nanoparticles. Finally, we describe how OTEM can be used to locally probe nanoparticle dynamics under optical excitation and in reactive chemical environments. Under illumination, multicomponent plasmonic photocatalysts consisting of a gold nanoparticle "antenna" and a Pd "reactor" show clear α-phase nucleation in regions close to electromagnetic "hot spots" when near plasmonic antennas. Importantly, these hot spots need not correspond to the traditionally active, energetically preferred sites of catalytic nanoparticles. Nonthermal effects imparted by plasmonic nanoparticles, including electromagnetic field enhancement and plasmon-derived hot carriers, are crucial to explaining the site selectivity observed in PdHx phase transformations under illumination. This Account demonstrates how light can contribute to selective chemical phenomena in plasmonic heterostructures, en route to sustainable, solar-driven chemical production.
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- Dayne F. Swearer
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Żak AM, Kaczmarczyk O, Piksa M, Grzęda J, Matczyszyn K. Fiber-optic sample illuminator design for the observation of light induced phenomena with transmission electron microscopy in situ: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy. Ultramicroscopy 2021; 230:113388. [PMID: 34509894 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Antibacterial photodynamic therapy is a promising treatment for problematic infections caused by bacteria and fungi. Despite its undoubted effectiveness, the ultrastructural mechanism of microbial death remains not fully described and distinct organisms respond to the treatment with different efficacy. For this reason, it was decided to try imaging the process using the in situ transmission electron microscopy method. To conduct an observational experiment, the microscope was significantly modified. Liquid cell methods were used, electron doses and their influence on the sample were estimated, and a fiber-optic sample illuminator was designed and built. The modifications allowed for the light-induced characterization of photosensitizer-bacteria interaction. Microscope modification is a promising platform for further studies of light-induced phenomena in both life and material science.
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- Andrzej M Żak
- Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland; Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Rudolfa Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Rudolfa Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Lightweight Elements Engineering, Foundry and Automation, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Advanced Materials Engineering and Modelling Group, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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Shao F, Wang W, Yang W, Yang Z, Zhang Y, Lan J, Dieter Schlüter A, Zenobi R. In-situ nanospectroscopic imaging of plasmon-induced two-dimensional [4+4]-cycloaddition polymerization on Au(111). Nat Commun 2021; 12:4557. [PMID: 34315909 PMCID: PMC8316434 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24856-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Plasmon-induced chemical reactions (PICRs) have recently become promising approaches for highly efficient light-chemical energy conversion. However, an in-depth understanding of their mechanisms at the nanoscale still remains challenging. Here, we present an in-situ investigation by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) imaging of the plasmon-induced [4+4]-cycloaddition polymerization within anthracene-based monomer monolayers physisorbed on Au(111), and complement the experimental results with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This two-dimensional (2D) polymerization can be flexibly triggered and manipulated by the hot carriers, and be monitored simultaneously by TERS in real time and space. TERS imaging provides direct evidence for covalent bond formation with ca. 3.7 nm spatial resolution under ambient conditions. Combined with DFT calculations, the TERS results demonstrate that the lateral polymerization on Au(111) occurs by a hot electron tunneling mechanism, and crosslinks form via a self-stimulating growth mechanism. We show that TERS is promising to be plasmon-induced nanolithography for organic 2D materials.
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- Feng Shao
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Chang-Kung Chuang Institute, East China Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Devices, Jiujiang Research Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Devices, Jiujiang Research Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Materials, Polymer Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Losurdo M, Gutiérrez Y, Suvorova A, Giangregorio MM, Rubanov S, Brown AS, Moreno F. Gallium Plasmonic Nanoantennas Unveiling Multiple Kinetics of Hydrogen Sensing, Storage, and Spillover. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2100500. [PMID: 34076312 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202100500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hydrogen is the key element to accomplish a carbon-free based economy. Here, the first evidence of plasmonic gallium (Ga) nanoantennas is provided as nanoreactors supported on sapphire (α-Al2 O3 ) acting as direct plasmon-enhanced photocatalyst for hydrogen sensing, storage, and spillover. The role of plasmon-catalyzed electron transfer between hydrogen and plasmonic Ga nanoparticle in the activation of those processes is highlighted, as opposed to conventional refractive index-change-based sensing. This study reveals that, while temperature selectively operates those various processes, longitudinal (LO-LSPR) and transverse (TO-LSPR) localized surface plasmon resonances of supported Ga nanoparticles open selectivity of localized reaction pathways at specific sites corresponding to the electromagnetic hot-spots. Specifically, the TO-LSPR couples light into the surface dissociative adsorption of hydrogen and formation of hydrides, whereas the LO-LSPR activates heterogeneous reactions at the interface with the support, that is, hydrogen spillover into α-Al2 O3 and reverse-oxygen spillover from α-Al2 O3. This Ga-based plasmon-catalytic platform expands the application of supported plasmon-catalysis to hydrogen technologies, including reversible fast hydrogen sensing in a timescale of a few seconds with a limit of detection as low as 5 ppm and in a broad temperature range from room-temperature up to 600 °C while remaining stable and reusable over an extended period of time.
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- Maria Losurdo
- Institute of Nanotechnology, CNR-NANOTEC, via Orabona 4, Bari, 70126, Italy
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, CNR-NANOTEC, via Orabona 4, Bari, 70126, Italy
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- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, 161 Barry Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Group of Optics, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, Santander, 39005, Spain
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Ou W, Zhou B, Shen J, Zhao C, Li YY, Lu J. Plasmonic metal nanostructures: concepts, challenges and opportunities in photo-mediated chemical transformations. iScience 2021; 24:101982. [PMID: 33521596 PMCID: PMC7820137 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Plasmonic metal nanostructures (PMNs) are characterized by the plasmon oscillation of conduction band electron in response to external radiation, enabling strong light absorption and scattering capacities and near-field amplification. Owing to these enhanced light-matter interactions, PMNs have garnered extensive research interest in the past decades. Notably, a growingly large number of reports show that the energetics and kinetics of chemical transformations on PMNs can be modified upon photoexcitation of their plasmons, giving rise to a new paradigm of manipulating the reaction rate and selectivity of chemical reactions. On the other hand, there is urgent need to achieve clear understanding of the mechanism underlying the photo-mediated chemical transformations on PMNs for unleashing their full potential in converting solar energy to chemicals. In this perspective, we review current fundamental concepts of photo-mediated chemical transformations executed at PMNs. Three pivotal mechanistic questions, i.e., thermal and nonthermal effects, direct and indirect charge transfer processes, and the specific impacts of plasmon-induced potentials, are explored based on recent studies. We highlight the critical aspects in which major advancements should be made to facilitate the rational design and optimization of photo-mediated chemical transformations on PMNs in the future.
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- Weihui Ou
- Centre for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Greater Bay Joint Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Greater Bay Joint Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Greater Bay Joint Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Greater Bay Joint Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Zhang XG, Zhang L, Feng S, Qin H, Wu DY, Zhao Y. Light Driven Mechanism of Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction to Carbon Monoxide on Gold Nanoparticles: A Theoretical Prediction. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:1125-1130. [PMID: 33475366 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Insightful understanding of the light driven CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) mechanism on gold nanoparticles is one of the important issues in the plasmon mediated photocatalytic study. Herein, time-dependent density functional theory and reduced two-state model are adopted to investigate the photoinduced charge transfer in interfaces. According to the excitation energy and orbital coupling, the light driven mechanism of CO2RR on gold nanoparticles can be described as follows: the light induces electron excitation and then transfers to the physisorbed CO2, and CO2 can relax to a bent structure adsorbed on gold nanoparticles, and the adsorbed C-O bonds are dissociated finally. Moreover, our calculated results demonstrate that the s, p, and d electron excitations of gold nanoparticles are the major contribution for the CO2 adsorption and the C-O dissociation process, respectively. This work would promote the understanding of the light driven electron transfer and photocatalytic CO2RR on the noble metal.
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- Xia-Guang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Dawning Information Industry (Beijing) Corp., Ltd., Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Sytwu K, Vadai M, Hayee F, Angell DK, Dai A, Dixon J, Dionne JA. Driving energetically unfavorable dehydrogenation dynamics with plasmonics. Science 2021; 371:280-283. [PMID: 33446555 DOI: 10.1126/science.abd2847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nanoparticle surface structure and geometry generally dictate where chemical transformations occur, with higher chemical activity at sites with lower activation energies. Here, we show how optical excitation of plasmons enables spatially modified phase transformations, activating otherwise energetically unfavorable sites. We have designed a crossed-bar Au-PdH x antenna-reactor system that localizes electromagnetic enhancement away from the innately reactive PdH x nanorod tips. Using optically coupled in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy, we track the dehydrogenation of individual antenna-reactor pairs with varying optical illumination intensity, wavelength, and hydrogen pressure. Our in situ experiments show that plasmons enable new catalytic sites, including dehydrogenation at the nanorod faces. Molecular dynamics simulations confirm that these new nucleation sites are energetically unfavorable in equilibrium and only accessible through tailored plasmonic excitation.
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- Katherine Sytwu
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, 348 Via Pueblo, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 350 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 440 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 496 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Yu C, Xie X, Zhang N. Selectivity control of organic chemical synthesis over plasmonic metal-based photocatalysts. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy02030c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The factors, issues, and design of plasmonic metal-based photocatalysts for selective photosynthesis of organic chemicals have been discussed.
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- Changqiang Yu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- P. R. China
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Grzelak D, Szustakiewicz P, Tollan C, Raj S, Král P, Lewandowski W, Liz-Marzán LM. In Situ Tracking of Colloidally Stable and Ordered Assemblies of Gold Nanorods. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:18814-18825. [PMID: 32990433 PMCID: PMC7645924 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Solution-phase
self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles into
complex 2D and 3D assemblies is one of the most promising strategies
toward obtaining nanoparticle-based materials and devices with unique
optical properties at the macroscale. However, controlling this process
with single-particle precision is highly demanding, mostly due to
insufficient understanding of the self-assembly process at the nanoscale.
We report the use of in situ environmental scanning transmission electron
microscopy (WetSTEM), combined with UV/vis spectroscopy, small-angle
X-ray diffraction (SAXRD) and multiscale modeling, to draw a detailed
picture of the dynamics of vertically aligned assemblies of gold nanorods.
Detailed understanding of the self-assembly/disassembly mechanisms
is obtained from real-time observations, which provide direct evidence
of the colloidal stability of side-to-side nanorod clusters. Structural
details and the forces governing the disassembly process are revealed
with single particle resolution as well as in bulk samples, by combined
experimental and theoretical modeling. In particular, this study provides
unique information on the evolution of the orientational order of
nanorods within side-to-side 2D assemblies and shows that both electrostatic
(at the nanoscale) and thermal (in bulk) stimuli can be used to drive
the process. These results not only give insight into the interactions
between nanorods and the stability of their assemblies, thereby assisting
the design of ordered, anisotropic nanomaterials but also broaden
the available toolbox for in situ tracking of nanoparticle behavior
at the single-particle level.
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- Dorota Grzelak
- Laboratory of organic nanomaterials and biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 st., Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Laboratory of organic nanomaterials and biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 st., Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Electron-Microscopy Laboratory, CIC nanoGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Tolosa Hiribidea 76, Donostia, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States.,Department of Physics, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Laboratory of organic nanomaterials and biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 st., Warsaw 02-093, Poland.,CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) and CIBER-BBN, Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia, San Sebastián 20014, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) and CIBER-BBN, Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia, San Sebastián 20014, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Chuaicham C, Pawar RR, Karthikeyan S, Ohtani B, Sasaki K. Fabrication and characterization of ternary sepiolite/g-C 3N 4/Pd composites for improvement of photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin under visible light irradiation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 577:397-405. [PMID: 32502666 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.05.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The development of high-quality photocatalytic materials for the degradation of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation is a vital field of research. In the present study, a composite of natural sepiolite clay and synthetic graphitic carbon nitride (CN) mixed with dispersed palladium nanoparticles was developed for the efficient photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin (CIP) under visible light irradiation. The sepiolite, CN, and composite materials were characterized by several techniques. The sepiolite/CN composite (SC30%) displayed superior activity than pristine sepiolite and CN, resulted from the generation of new electron trap states in the interfacial contract between sepiolite and CN to suppress the charge recombination of CN. Furthermore, the well-dispersed of 1 wt% Pd-nanoparticles in the SC30% composite collectively enhanced CIP degradation by avoiding the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. Additionally, the electron trap states on the surface of all samples were studied using novel reversed double-beam photoacoustic spectroscopy to understand electron transfer in the composites related to the photocatalytic degradation mechanism of CIP. The developed sepiolite/CN/Pd(0) composite can act as a potential catalyst for the degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater under visible light irradiation.
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- Chitiphon Chuaicham
- Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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- Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishiku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
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Yuan L, Lou M, Clark BD, Lou M, Zhou L, Tian S, Jacobson CR, Nordlander P, Halas NJ. Morphology-Dependent Reactivity of a Plasmonic Photocatalyst. ACS NANO 2020; 14:12054-12063. [PMID: 32790328 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c05383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The shape of a plasmonic nanoparticle strongly controls its light-matter interaction, which in turn affects how specific morphologies may be used in applications such as sensing, photodetection, and active pixel displays. Here, we show that particle shape also controls plasmonic photocatalytic activity. Three different Al nanocrystal morphologies, octopods, nanocubes, and nanocrystals, all with very similar plasmon resonance frequencies, were used as photocatalysts for the H2 dissociation reaction. We observe widely varying reaction rates for the three different morphologies. Octopods show a 10 times higher reaction rate than nanocrystals and a 5 times higher rate than nanocubes, with lower apparent activation energies than either nanocubes or nanocrystals by 45% and 49%, respectively. A theoretical model of hot electron direct transfer from photoexcited Al nanoparticles to H2 molecules is consistent with this observed morphological dependence. This research strongly suggests that nanoparticle geometry, in addition to plasmon resonance energy, is a critical factor in plasmonic photocatalyst design.
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- Lin Yuan
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
- Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Robatjazi H, Lou M, Clark BD, Jacobson CR, Swearer DF, Nordlander P, Halas NJ. Site-Selective Nanoreactor Deposition on Photocatalytic Al Nanocubes. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:4550-4557. [PMID: 32379463 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Photoactivation of catalytic materials through plasmon-coupled energy transfer has created new possibilities for expanding the scope of light-driven heterogeneous catalysis. Here we present a nanoengineered plasmonic photocatalyst consisting of catalytic Pd islands preferentially grown on vertices of Al nanocubes. The regioselective Pd deposition on Al nanocubes does not rely on complex surface ligands, in contrast to site-specific transition-metal deposition on gold nanoparticles. We show that the strong local field enhancement on the sharp nanocube vertices provides a mechanism for efficient coupling of the plasmonic Al antenna to adjacent Pd nanoparticles. A substantial increase in photocatalytic H2 dissociation on Pd-bound Al nanocubes relative to pristine Al nanocubes can be observed, incentivizing further engineering of heterometallic antenna-reactor photocatalysts. Controlled growth of catalytic materials on plasmonic hot spots can result in more efficient use of the localized surface plasmon energy for photocatalysis, while minimizing the amount and cost of precious transition-metal catalysts.
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- Hossein Robatjazi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Plasmon-driven carbon–fluorine (C(sp3)–F) bond activation with mechanistic insights into hot-carrier-mediated pathways. Nat Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-0466-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Dubi Y, Un IW, Sivan Y. Thermal effects - an alternative mechanism for plasmon-assisted photocatalysis. Chem Sci 2020; 11:5017-5027. [PMID: 34122958 PMCID: PMC8159236 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc06480j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Recent experiments claimed that the catalysis of reaction rates in numerous bond-dissociation reactions occurs via the decrease of activation barriers driven by non-equilibrium ("hot") electrons in illuminated plasmonic metal nanoparticles. Thus, these experiments identify plasmon-assisted photocatalysis as a promising path for enhancing the efficiency of various chemical reactions. Here, we argue that what appears to be photocatalysis is much more likely thermo-catalysis, driven by the well-known plasmon-enhanced ability of illuminated metallic nanoparticles to serve as heat sources. Specifically, we point to some of the most important papers in the field, and show that a simple theory of illumination-induced heating can explain the extracted experimental data to remarkable agreement, with minimal to no fit parameters. We further show that any small temperature difference between the photocatalysis experiment and a control experiment performed under external heating is effectively amplified by the exponential sensitivity of the reaction, and is very likely to be interpreted incorrectly as "hot" electron effects.
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- Yonatan Dubi
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University Israel
- Ilse Katz Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University Israel
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel
- Joan and Irwin Jacobs TIX Institute, National Tsing Hua University Taiwan
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel
- Ilse Katz Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University Israel
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Khorashad LK, Besteiro LV, Correa-Duarte MA, Burger S, Wang ZM, Govorov AO. Hot Electrons Generated in Chiral Plasmonic Nanocrystals as a Mechanism for Surface Photochemistry and Chiral Growth. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:4193-4205. [PMID: 32026688 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The realization of chiral photochemical reactions at the molecular level has proven to be a challenging task, with invariably low efficiencies originating from very small optical circular dichroism signals. On the contrary, colloidal nanocrystals offer a very large differential response to circularly polarized light when designed with chiral geometries. We propose taking advantage of this capability, introducing a novel mechanism driving surface photochemistry in a chiral nanocrystal. Plasmonic nanocrystals exhibit anomalously large asymmetry factors in optical circular dichroism (CD), and the related hot-electron generation shows in turn a very strong asymmetry, serving as a mechanism for chiral growth. Through theoretical modeling, we show that chiral plasmonic nanocrystals can enable chiral surface growth based on the generation of energetic (hot) electrons. Using simple and realistic phenomenological models, we illustrate how this kind of surface photochemistry can be observed experimentally. The proposed mechanism is efficient if it operates on an already strongly chiral nanocrystal, whereas our proposed mechanism does not show chiral growth for initially nonchiral structures in a solution. The asymmetry factors for the chiral effects, driven by hot electrons, exceed the values observed in chiral molecular photophysics at least 10-fold. The proposed chiral-growth mechanism for the transformation of plasmonic colloids is fundamentally different to the traditional schemes of chiral photochemistry at the molecular level.
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- Larousse Khosravi Khorashad
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.,Centre Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1650 Boul. Lionel Boulet, Varennes, QC J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Center for Biomedical Research (CINBIO), Southern Galicia Institute of Health Research (IISGS), and Biomedical Research, Networking Center for Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Zuse Institute Berlin, Takustrasse 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, United States
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Jeong HH, Adams MC, Günther JP, Alarcón-Correa M, Kim I, Choi E, Miksch C, Mark AF, Mark AG, Fischer P. Arrays of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Dimers with Defined Nanogap Spacers. ACS NANO 2019; 13:11453-11459. [PMID: 31539228 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b04938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plasmonic molecules are building blocks of metallic nanostructures that give rise to intriguing optical phenomena with similarities to those seen in molecular systems. The ability to design plasmonic hybrid structures and molecules with nanometric resolution would enable applications in optical metamaterials and sensing that presently cannot be demonstrated, because of a lack of suitable fabrication methods allowing the structural control of the plasmonic atoms on a large scale. Here we demonstrate a wafer-scale "lithography-free" parallel fabrication scheme to realize nanogap plasmonic meta-molecules with precise control over their size, shape, material, and orientation. We demonstrate how we can tune the corresponding coupled resonances through the entire visible spectrum. Our fabrication method, based on glancing angle physical vapor deposition with gradient shadowing, permits critical parameters to be varied across the wafer and thus is ideally suited to screen potential structures. We obtain billions of aligned dimer structures with controlled variation of the spectral properties across the wafer. We spectroscopically map the plasmonic resonances of gold dimer structures and show that they not only are in good agreement with numerically modeled spectra, but also remain functional, at least for a year, in ambient conditions.
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- Hyeon-Ho Jeong
- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry , University of Stuttgart , Pfaffenwaldring 55 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry , University of Stuttgart , Pfaffenwaldring 55 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems , Heisenbergstr. 3 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry , University of Stuttgart , Pfaffenwaldring 55 , 70569 Stuttgart , Germany
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Zhang C, Zhang T, Zhang Z, Zheng H. Plasmon Enhanced Fluorescence and Raman Scattering by [Au-Ag Alloy NP Cluster]@SiO 2 Core-Shell Nanostructure. Front Chem 2019; 7:647. [PMID: 31616656 PMCID: PMC6768946 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Silica-shell coated noble metal nanoparticles have shown a good performance in surface enhanced fluorescence and Raman scattering. However, silica-shell coated single noble nanoparticle cannot effectively enhance the optical signal due to the relative weak near-field enhancement. In this paper, [Au-Ag alloy NP cluster]@SiO2 core-shell nanostructure is employed to achieve the effective electric field enhancement. With the specific structure, simultaneous Raman scattering and fluorescence emission enhancement is obtained, and the enhancement comparison of fluorescence emission with Raman scattering in different type agglomeration of metal NPs is investigated in-situ. With different thickness of SiO2 shell, the optimized Raman and fluorescence enhancement systems are obtained, respectively, and corresponding study of power dependence are investigated in detail. The selectively enhanced Raman and fluorescence can be realized via controlling the shell thickness and laser power. Our work provides a non-polarization dependent [metal NP cluster]@SiO2 system, which may have a promising application in portable chemical and biochemistry detecting.
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- Chengyun Zhang
- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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Wang Z, Ai B, Wang Y, Guan Y, Möhwald H, Zhang G. Hierarchical Control of Plasmonic Nanochemistry in Microreactor. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:35429-35437. [PMID: 31483594 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A microreactor that can confine chemical reactions exclusively in tiny vessels with the volume of ∼0.015 μm3 is introduced. Aluminum inversed hollow nanocone arrays (IHNAs) are fabricated by a simple and efficient colloidal lithography method. Ag and Au nanoparticles (NPs), as well as polypyrrole, grow exclusively in the conic cavities under light illumination. The photocatalytic effect arising from the plasmonic enhanced electric fields (E-fields) of IHNAs boosts the reactions and is in charge of the submicrometer site-selectivity. By partially inhibiting light to IHNAs, various hierarchical patterns at the macro-, micro-, and sub-microscale are obtained, inspiring a facile patterning technique by varying the light source. In addition, the Al IHNA films are transferred to flexible and curved substrates with unchanged performances, showing high flexibility for wide applications. Microreactors based on the IHNAs will contribute to the control of chemical reactions at different dimensions and offer great potentials in developing novel nanofabrication techniques.
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- Zengyao Wang
- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials , College of Chemistry Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , P.R. China
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843-3141 , United States
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials , College of Chemistry Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , P.R. China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials , College of Chemistry Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , P.R. China
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam D-14424 , Germany
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials , College of Chemistry Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , P.R. China
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As a new class of photocatalysts, plasmonic noble metal nanoparticles with the unique ability to harvest solar energy across the entire visible spectrum and produce effective energy conversion have been explored as a promising pathway for the energy crisis. The resonant excitation of surface plasmon resonance allows the nanoparticles to collect the energy of photons to form a highly enhanced electromagnetic field, and the energy stored in the plasmonic field can induce hot carriers in the metal. The hot electron-hole pairs ultimately dissipate by coupling to phonon modes of the metal nanoparticles, resulting in a higher lattice temperature. The plasmonic electromagnetic field, hot electrons, and heat can catalyze chemical reactions of reactants near the surface of the plasmonic metal nanoparticles. This Account summarizes recent theoretical and experimental advances on the excitation mechanisms and energy transfer pathways in the plasmonic catalysis on molecules. Especially, current advances on plasmon-driven crystal growth and transformation of nanomaterials are introduced. The efficiency of the chemical reaction can be dramatically increased by the plasmonic electromagnetic field because of its higher density of photons. Similar to traditional photocatalysis, energy overlap between the plasmonic field and the HOMO-LUMO gap of the reactant is needed to realize resonant energy transfer. For hot-carrier-driven catalysis, hot electrons generated by plasmon decay can be transferred to the reactant through the indirect electron transfer or direct electron excitation process. For this mechanism, the energy of hot electrons needs to overlap with the unoccupied orbitals of the reactant, and the particular chemical channel can be selectively enhanced by controlling the energy distribution of hot electrons. In addition, the local thermal effect following plasmon decay offers an opportunity to facilitate chemical reactions at room temperature. Importantly, surface plasmons can not only catalyze chemical reactions of molecules but also induce crystal growth and transformation of nanomaterials. As a new development in plasmonic catalysis, plasmon-driven crystal transformation reveals a more powerful aspect of the catalysis effect, which opens the new field of plasmonic catalysis. We believe that this Account will promote clear understanding of plasmonic catalysis on both molecules and materials and contribute to the design of highly tunable catalytic systems to realize crystal transformations that are essential to achieve efficient solar-to-chemical energy conversion.
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