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Gebre ST, Kiefer LM, Guo F, Yang KR, Miller C, Liu Y, Kubiak CP, Batista VS, Lian T. Amine Hole Scavengers Facilitate Both Electron and Hole Transfer in a Nanocrystal/Molecular Hybrid Photocatalyst. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:3238-3247. [PMID: 36706437 PMCID: PMC9912264 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A well-known catalyst, fac-Re(4,4'-R2-bpy)(CO)3Cl (bpy = bipyridine; R = COOH) (ReC0A), has been widely studied for CO2 reduction; however, its photocatalytic performance is limited due to its narrow absorption range. Quantum dots (QDs) are efficient light harvesters that offer several advantages, including size tunability and broad absorption in the solar spectrum. Therefore, photoinduced CO2 reduction over a broad range of the solar spectrum could be enabled by ReC0A catalysts heterogenized on QDs. Here, we investigate interfacial electron transfer from Cd3P2 QDs to ReC0A complexes covalently bound on the QD surface, induced by photoexcitation of the QD. We explore the effect of triethylamine, a sacrificial hole scavenger incorporated to replenish the QD with electrons. Through combined transient absorption spectroscopic and computational studies, we demonstrate that electron transfer from Cd3P2 to ReC0A can be enhanced by a factor of ∼4 upon addition of triethylamine. We hypothesize that the rate enhancement is a result of triethylamine possibly altering the energetics of the Cd3P2-ReC0A system by interacting with the quantum dot surface, deprotonation of the quantum dot, and preferential solvation, resulting in a shift of the conduction band edge to more negative potentials. We also observe the rate enhancement in other QD-electron acceptor systems. Our findings provide mechanistic insights into hole scavenger-quantum dot interactions and how they may influence photoinduced interfacial electron transfer processes.
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- Sara T Gebre
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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An Y, Sedinkin SL, Venditti V. Solution NMR methods for structural and thermodynamic investigation of nanoparticle adsorption equilibria. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2022; 4:2583-2607. [PMID: 35769933 PMCID: PMC9195484 DOI: 10.1039/d2na00099g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Characterization of dynamic processes occurring at the nanoparticle (NP) surface is crucial for developing new and more efficient NP catalysts and materials. Thus, a vast amount of research has been dedicated to developing techniques to characterize sorption equilibria. Over recent years, solution NMR spectroscopy has emerged as a preferred tool for investigating ligand-NP interactions. Indeed, due to its ability to probe exchange dynamics over a wide range of timescales with atomic resolution, solution NMR can provide structural, kinetic, and thermodynamic information on sorption equilibria involving multiple adsorbed species and intermediate states. In this contribution, we review solution NMR methods for characterizing ligand-NP interactions, and provide examples of practical applications using these methods as standalone techniques. In addition, we illustrate how the integrated analysis of several NMR datasets was employed to elucidate the role played by support-substrate interactions in mediating the phenol hydrogenation reaction catalyzed by ceria-supported Pd nanoparticles.
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- Yeongseo An
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Hach Hall, 2438 Pammel Drive Ames Iowa 50011 USA +1-515-294-7550 +1-515-294-1044
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Hach Hall, 2438 Pammel Drive Ames Iowa 50011 USA +1-515-294-7550 +1-515-294-1044
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Hach Hall, 2438 Pammel Drive Ames Iowa 50011 USA +1-515-294-7550 +1-515-294-1044
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University Ames Iowa 50011 USA
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Bartl JD, Thomas C, Henning A, Ober MF, Savasci G, Yazdanshenas B, Deimel PS, Magnano E, Bondino F, Zeller P, Gregoratti L, Amati M, Paulus C, Allegretti F, Cattani-Scholz A, Barth JV, Ochsenfeld C, Nickel B, Sharp ID, Stutzmann M, Rieger B. Modular Assembly of Vibrationally and Electronically Coupled Rhenium Bipyridine Carbonyl Complexes on Silicon. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:19505-19516. [PMID: 34766502 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hybrid inorganic/organic heterointerfaces are promising systems for next-generation photocatalytic, photovoltaic, and chemical-sensing applications. Their performance relies strongly on the development of robust and reliable surface passivation and functionalization protocols with (sub)molecular control. The structure, stability, and chemistry of the semiconductor surface determine the functionality of the hybrid assembly. Generally, these modification schemes have to be laboriously developed to satisfy the specific chemical demands of the semiconductor surface. The implementation of a chemically independent, yet highly selective, standardized surface functionalization scheme, compatible with nanoelectronic device fabrication, is of utmost technological relevance. Here, we introduce a modular surface assembly (MSA) approach that allows the covalent anchoring of molecular transition-metal complexes with sub-nanometer precision on any solid material by combining atomic layer deposition (ALD) and selectively self-assembled monolayers of phosphonic acids. ALD, as an essential tool in semiconductor device fabrication, is used to grow conformal aluminum oxide activation coatings, down to sub-nanometer thicknesses, on silicon surfaces to enable a selective step-by-step layer assembly of rhenium(I) bipyridine tricarbonyl molecular complexes. The modular surface assembly of molecular complexes generates precisely structured spatial ensembles with strong intermolecular vibrational and electronic coupling, as demonstrated by infrared spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. The structure of the MSA can be chosen to avoid electronic interactions with the semiconductor substrate to exclusively investigate the electronic interactions between the surface-immobilized molecular complexes.
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- Johannes D Bartl
- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, WACKER-Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, WACKER-Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany.,Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, University of Munich, LMU, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence E-conversion, Lichtenbergstraße 4a, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- IOM CNR, Laboratorio TASC, AREA Science Park, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.,Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
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- IOM CNR, Laboratorio TASC, AREA Science Park, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, AREA Science Park, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, AREA Science Park, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, AREA Science Park, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany.,Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, University of Munich, LMU, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence E-conversion, Lichtenbergstraße 4a, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany.,Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, WACKER-Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching bei München, Germany
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Gaynor JD, Weakly RB, Khalil M. Multimode two-dimensional vibronic spectroscopy. I. Orientational response and polarization-selectivity. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:184201. [PMID: 34241026 DOI: 10.1063/5.0047724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional Electronic-Vibrational (2D EV) spectroscopy and two-dimensional Vibrational-Electronic (2D VE) spectroscopy are among the newest additions to the coherent multidimensional spectroscopy toolbox, and they are directly sensitive to vibronic couplings. In this first of two papers, the complete orientational response functions are developed for a model system consisting of two coupled anharmonic oscillators and two electronic states in order to simulate polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectra with arbitrary combinations of linearly polarized electric fields. Here, we propose analytical methods to isolate desired signals within complicated spectra and to extract the relative orientation between vibrational and vibronic dipole moments of the model system using combinations of polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectral features. Time-dependent peak amplitudes of coherence peaks are also discussed as means for isolating desired signals within the time-domain. This paper serves as a field guide for using polarization-selective 2D EV and 2D VE spectroscopies to map coupled vibronic coordinates on the molecular frame.
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- James D Gaynor
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Chen X, Cui Y, Gobeze HB, Kuroda DG. Assessing the Location of Ionic and Molecular Solutes in a Molecularly Heterogeneous and Nonionic Deep Eutectic Solvent. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4762-4773. [PMID: 32421342 PMCID: PMC7304071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Deep
eutectic solvents (DES) are emerging sustainable designer
solvents viewed as greener and better alternatives to ionic liquids.
Nonionic DESs possess unique properties such as viscosity and hydrophobicity
that make them desirable in microextraction applications such as oil-spill
remediation. This work builds upon a nonionic DES, NMA–LA DES,
previously designed by our group. The NMA–LA DES presents a
rich nanoscopic morphology that could be used to allocate solutes
of different polarities. In this work, the possibility of solvating
different solutes within the nanoscopically heterogeneous molecular
structure of the NMA–LA DES is investigated using ionic and
molecular solutes. In particular, the localized vibrational transitions
in these solutes are used as reporters of the DES molecular structure
via vibrational spectroscopy. The FTIR and 2DIR data suggest that
the ionic solute is confined in a polar and continuous domain formed
by NMA, clearly sensing the direct effect of the change in NMA concentration.
In the case of the molecular nonionic and polar solute, the data indicates
that the solute resides in the interface between the polar and nonpolar
domains. Finally, the results for the nonpolar and nonionic solute
(W(CO)6) are unexpected and less conclusive. Contrary to
its polarity, the data suggest that the W(CO)6 resides
within the NMA polar domain of the DES, probably by inducing a domain
restructuring in the solvent. However, the data are not conclusive
enough to discard the possibility that the restructuring comprises
not only the polar domain but also the interface. Overall, our results
demonstrate that the NMA–LA DES has nanoscopic domains with
affinity to particular molecular properties, such as polarity. Thus,
the presented results have a direct implication to separation science.
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- Xiaobing Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Wu W, Wang C, Xu H, Wang J, Zhong Y, Zhang L, Chen Z, Sui X, Mao Z. Study of the aggregation behaviour of three primary reactive dyes via molecular dynamics simulations. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2020.1755037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wei Wu
- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Jifa Group Co. Ltd, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Science and Technology of Eco-textile, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Innovation Centre for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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Ge A, Rudshteyn B, Videla PE, Miller CJ, Kubiak CP, Batista VS, Lian T. Heterogenized Molecular Catalysts: Vibrational Sum-Frequency Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Investigations. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:1289-1300. [PMID: 31056907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Rhenium and manganese bipyridyl tricarbonyl complexes have attracted intense interest for their promising applications in photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in both homogeneous and heterogenized systems. To date, there have been extensive studies on immobilizing Re catalysts on solid surfaces for higher catalytic efficiency, reduced catalyst loading, and convenient product separation. However, in order for the heterogenized molecular catalysts to achieve the combination of the best aspects of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, it is essential to understand the fundamental physicochemical properties of such heterogeneous systems, such as surface-bound structures of Re/Mn catalysts, substrate-adsorbate interactions, and photoinduced or electric-field-induced effects on Re/Mn catalysts. For example, the surface may act to (un)block substrates, (un)trap charges, (de)stabilize particular intermediates (and thus affect scaling relations), and shift potentials in different directions, just as protein environments do. The close collaboration between the Lian, Batista, and Kubiak groups has resulted in an integrated approach to investigate how the semiconductor or metal surface affects the properties of the attached catalyst. Synthetic strategies to achieve stable and controlled attachment of Re/Mn molecular catalysts have been developed. Steady-state, time-resolved, and electrochemical vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopic studies have provided insight into the effects of interfacial structures, ultrafast vibrational energy relaxation, and electric field on the Re/Mn catalysts, respectively. Various computational methods utilizing density functional theory (DFT) have been developed and applied to determine the molecular orientation by direct comparison to spectroscopy, unravel vibrational energy relaxation mechanisms, and quantify the interfacial electric field strength of the Re/Mn catalyst systems. This Account starts with a discussion of the recent progress in determining the surface-bound structures of Re catalysts on semiconductor and Au surfaces by a combined vibrational SFG and DFT study. The effects of crystal facet, length of anchoring ligands, and doping of the semiconductor on the bound structures of Re catalysts and of the substrate itself are discussed. This is followed by a summary of the progress in understanding the vibrational relaxation (VR) dynamics of Re catalysts covalently adsorbed on semiconductor and metal surfaces. The VR processes of Re catalysts on TiO2 films and TiO2 single crystals and a Re catalyst tethered on Au, particularly the role of electron-hole pair (EHP)-induced coupling on the VR of the Re catalyst bound on Au, are discussed. The Account also summarizes recent studies in quantifying the electric field strength experienced by the catalytically active site of the Re/Mn catalyst bound on a Au electrode based on a combined electrochemical SFG and DFT study of the Stark tuning of the CO stretching modes of these catalysts. Finally, future research directions on surface-immobilized molecular catalyst systems are discussed.
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- Aimin Ge
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Petti MK, Ostrander JS, Saraswat V, Birdsall ER, Rich KL, Lomont JP, Arnold MS, Zanni MT. Enhancing the signal strength of surface sensitive 2D IR spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:024707. [PMID: 30646693 DOI: 10.1063/1.5065511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Spectroscopic techniques that are capable of measuring surfaces and interfaces must overcome two technical challenges: one, the low coverage of molecules at the surface, and two, discerning between signals from the bulk and surface. We present surface enhanced attenuated reflection 2D infrared (SEAR 2D IR) spectroscopy, a method that combines localized surface plasmons with a reflection pump-probe geometry to achieve monolayer sensitivity. The method is demonstrated at 6 µm with the amide I band of a model peptide, a cysteine terminated α-helical peptide tethered to a gold surface. Using SEAR 2D IR spectroscopy, the signal from this sample is enhanced 20 000-times over a monolayer on a dielectric surface. Like attenuated total reflection IR spectroscopy, SEAR 2D IR spectroscopy can be applied to strongly absorbing solvents. We demonstrated this capability by solvating a peptide monolayer with H2O, which cannot normally be used when measuring the amide I band. SEAR 2D IR spectroscopy will be advantageous for studying chemical reactions at electrochemical surfaces, interfacial charge transfer in photovoltaics, and structural changes of transmembrane proteins in lipid membranes.
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- Megan K Petti
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Kiefer LM, Kubarych KJ. Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of coordination complexes: From solvent dynamics to photocatalysis. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Song J, Ge A, Piercy B, Losego MD, Lian T. Effects of Al2O3 atomic layer deposition on interfacial structure and electron transfer dynamics at Re-bipyridyl complex/TiO2 interfaces. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mattson MA, Green TD, Lake PT, McCullagh M, Krummel AT. Elucidating Structural Evolution of Perylene Diimide Aggregates Using Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:4891-4900. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b02355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Max A. Mattson
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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Abraham B, Fan H, Galoppini E, Gundlach L. Vibrational Spectroscopy on Photoexcited Dye-Sensitized Films via Pump-Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:2039-2045. [PMID: 29381068 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Molecular sensitization of semiconductor films is an important technology for energy and environmental applications including solar energy conversion, photocatalytic hydrogen production, and water purification. Dye-sensitized films are also scientifically complex and interesting systems with a long history of research. In most applications, photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer (HET) at the molecule/semiconductor interface is of critical importance, and while great progress has been made in understanding HET, many open questions remain. Of particular interest is the role of combined electronic and vibrational effects and coherence of the dye during HET. The ultrafast nature of the process, the rapid intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution, and vibrational cooling present complications in the study of vibronic coupling in HET. We present the application of a time domain vibrational spectroscopy-pump-degenerate four-wave mixing (pump-DFWM)-to dye-sensitized solid-state semiconductor films. Pump-DFWM can measure Raman-active vibrational modes that are triggered by excitation of the sample with an actinic pump pulse. Modifications to the instrument for solid-state samples and its application to an anatase TiO2 film sensitized by a Zn-porphyrin dye are discussed. We show an effective combination of experimental techniques to overcome typical challenges in measuring solid-state samples with laser spectroscopy and observe molecular vibrations following HET in a picosecond time window. The cation spectrum of the dye shows modes that can be assigned to the linker group and a mode that is localized on the Zn-phorphyrin chromophore and that is connected to photoexcitation.
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- Baxter Abraham
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Goetz S, Li D, Kolb V, Pflaum J, Brixner T. Coherent two-dimensional fluorescence micro-spectroscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:3915-3925. [PMID: 29475248 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.003915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We have developed coherent two-dimensional (2D) fluorescence micro-spectroscopy which probes the nonlinear optical response at surfaces via fluorescence detection with sub-micron spatial resolution. This enables the investigation of microscopic variations in heterogeneous systems. An LCD-based pulse shaper in 4f geometry is used to create collinear trains of 12-fs visible/NIR laser pulses in the focus of an NA = 1.4 immersion-oil microscope objective. We demonstrate the capabilities of the new method by presenting 2D spectra, analyzed via phase cycling, as a function of position of selected sub-micron regions from a laterally nanostructured polycrystalline thin film of fluorinated zinc phthalocyanine (F16ZnPc).
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Ho JJ, Ghosh A, Zhang TO, Zanni MT. Heterogeneous Amyloid β-Sheet Polymorphs Identified on Hydrogen Bond Promoting Surfaces Using 2D SFG Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:1270-1282. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Jia-Jung Ho
- University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Ge A, Rudshteyn B, Zhu J, Maurer RJ, Batista VS, Lian T. Electron-Hole-Pair-Induced Vibrational Energy Relaxation of Rhenium Catalysts on Gold Surfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:406-412. [PMID: 29227669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A combination of time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy and density functional theory techniques have been applied to study the vibrational energy relaxation dynamics of the Re(4,4'-dicyano-2,2'-bipyridine)(CO)3Cl (Re(CO)3Cl) catalyst for CO2 to CO conversion bound to gold surfaces. The kinetics of vibrational relaxation exhibits a biexponential decay including an ultrafast initial relaxation and complete recovery of the ground vibrational state. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and time-dependent perturbation theory reveal the former to be due to vibrational population exchange between CO stretching modes and the latter to be a combination of intramolecular vibrational relaxation (IVR) and electron-hole pair (EHP)-induced energy transfer into the gold substrate. EHP-induced energy transfer from the Re(CO)3Cl adsorbate into the gold surface occurs on the same time scale as IVR of Re(CO)3Cl in aprotic solvents. Therefore, it is expected to be particularly relevant to understanding the reduced catalytic activity of the homogeneous catalyst when anchored to a metal surface.
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- Aimin Ge
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Yale Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University , West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Yale Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University , West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Kraack JP, Sévery L, Tilley SD, Hamm P. Plasmonic Substrates Do Not Promote Vibrational Energy Transfer at Solid-Liquid Interfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:49-56. [PMID: 29235870 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Intermolecular vibrational energy transfer in monolayers of isotopically mixed rhenium carbonyl complexes at solid-liquid interfaces is investigated with the help of ultrafast 2D Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared (2D ATR IR) spectroscopy in dependence of plasmonic surface enhancement effects. Dielectric and plasmonic materials are used to demonstrate that plasmonic effects have no impact on the vibrational energy transfer rate in a regime of moderate IR surface enhancement (enhancement factors up to ca. 30). This result can be explained with the common image-dipole picture. The vibrational energy transfer rate thus can be used as a direct observable to determine intermolecular distances on surfaces, regardless of their plasmonic properties.
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- Jan Philip Kraack
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Yan C, Thomaz JE, Wang YL, Nishida J, Yuan R, Breen JP, Fayer MD. Ultrafast to Ultraslow Dynamics of a Langmuir Monolayer at the Air/Water Interface Observed with Reflection Enhanced 2D IR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:16518-16527. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Chang Yan
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Kraack JP. Ultrafast structural molecular dynamics investigated with 2D infrared spectroscopy methods. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2017; 375:86. [PMID: 29071445 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ultrafast, multi-dimensional infrared (IR) spectroscopy has been advanced in recent years to a versatile analytical tool with a broad range of applications to elucidate molecular structure on ultrafast timescales, and it can be used for samples in a many different environments. Following a short and general introduction on the benefits of 2D IR spectroscopy, the first part of this chapter contains a brief discussion on basic descriptions and conceptual considerations of 2D IR spectroscopy. Outstanding classical applications of 2D IR are used afterwards to highlight the strengths and basic applicability of the method. This includes the identification of vibrational coupling in molecules, characterization of spectral diffusion dynamics, chemical exchange of chemical bond formation and breaking, as well as dynamics of intra- and intermolecular energy transfer for molecules in bulk solution and thin films. In the second part, several important, recently developed variants and new applications of 2D IR spectroscopy are introduced. These methods focus on (i) applications to molecules under two- and three-dimensional confinement, (ii) the combination of 2D IR with electrochemistry, (iii) ultrafast 2D IR in conjunction with diffraction-limited microscopy, (iv) several variants of non-equilibrium 2D IR spectroscopy such as transient 2D IR and 3D IR, and (v) extensions of the pump and probe spectral regions for multi-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy towards mixed vibrational-electronic spectroscopies. In light of these examples, the important open scientific and conceptual questions with regard to intra- and intermolecular dynamics are highlighted. Such questions can be tackled with the existing arsenal of experimental variants of 2D IR spectroscopy to promote the understanding of fundamentally new aspects in chemistry, biology and materials science. The final part of the chapter introduces several concepts of currently performed technical developments, which aim at exploiting 2D IR spectroscopy as an analytical tool. Such developments embrace the combination of 2D IR spectroscopy and plasmonic spectroscopy for ultrasensitive analytics, merging 2D IR spectroscopy with ultra-high-resolution microscopy (nanoscopy), future variants of transient 2D IR methods, or 2D IR in conjunction with microfluidics. It is expected that these techniques will allow for groundbreaking research in many new areas of natural sciences.
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- Jan Philip Kraack
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Kraack JP, Kaech A, Hamm P. Molecule-specific interactions of diatomic adsorbates at metal-liquid interfaces. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2017; 4:044009. [PMID: 28396878 PMCID: PMC5367089 DOI: 10.1063/1.4978894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of small molecules on platinum (Pt) layers in water are investigated using 2D attenuated total reflectance IR spectroscopy. Isotope combinations of carbon monoxide and cyanide are used to elucidate inter-adsorbate and substrate-adsorbate interactions. Despite observed cross-peaks in the CO spectra, we conclude that the molecules are not vibrationally coupled. Rather, strong substrate-adsorbate interactions evoke rapid (∼2 ps) vibrational relaxation from the adsorbate into the Pt layer, leading to thermal cross-peaks. In the case of CN, vibrational relaxation is significantly slower (∼10 ps) and dominated by adsorbate-solvent interactions, while the coupling to the substrate is negligible.
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- Jan Philip Kraack
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Kraack JP, Frei A, Alberto R, Hamm P. Ultrafast Vibrational Energy Transfer in Catalytic Monolayers at Solid-Liquid Interfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:2489-2495. [PMID: 28521090 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We investigate the ultrafast vibrational dynamics of monolayers from adsorbed rhenium-carbonyl CO2-reduction catalysts on a semiconductor surface (indium-tin-oxide (ITO)) with ultrafast two-dimensional attenuated total reflection infrared (2D ATR IR) spectroscopy. The complexes are partially equipped with isotope-labeled (13C) carbonyl ligands to generate two spectroscopically distinguishable forms of the molecules. Ultrafast vibrational energy transfer between the molecules is observed via the temporal evolution of cross-peaks between their symmetric carbonyl stretching vibrations. These contributions appear with time constant of 70 and 90 ps for downhill and uphill energy transfer, respectively. The energy transfer is thus markedly slower than any of the other intramolecular dynamics. From the transfer rate, an intermolecular distance of ∼4-5 Å can be estimated, close to the van der Waals distance of the molecular head groups. The present paper presents an important cornerstone for a better understanding of intermolecular coupling mechanisms of molecules on surfaces and explains the absence of similar features in earlier studies.
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- Jan Philip Kraack
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Vanselous H, Stingel AM, Petersen PB. Interferometric 2D Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy Reveals Structural Heterogeneity of Catalytic Monolayers on Transparent Materials. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:825-830. [PMID: 28151677 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b03025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Molecular monolayers exhibit structural and dynamical properties that are different from their bulk counterparts due to their interaction with the substrate. Extracting these distinct properties is crucial for a better understanding of processes such as heterogeneous catalysis and interfacial charge transfer. Ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopic techniques such as 2D infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy are powerful tools for understanding molecular dynamics in complex bulk systems. Here, we build on technical advancements in 2D IR and heterodyne-detected sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy to study a CO2 reduction catalyst on nanostructured TiO2 with interferometric 2D SFG spectroscopy. Our method combines phase-stable heterodyne detection employing an external local oscillator with a broad-band pump pulse pair to provide the first high spectral and temporal resolution 2D SFG spectra of a transparent material. We determine the overall molecular orientation of the catalyst and find that there is a static structural heterogeneity reflective of different local environments at the surface.
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- Heather Vanselous
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Mauck CM, Young RM, Wasielewski MR. Characterization of Excimer Relaxation via Femtosecond Shortwave- and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:784-792. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b11388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Catherine M. Mauck
- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Kraack JP, Hamm P. Surface-Sensitive and Surface-Specific Ultrafast Two-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2016; 117:10623-10664. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Jan Philip Kraack
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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López-Lorente ÁI, Mizaikoff B. Recent advances on the characterization of nanoparticles using infrared spectroscopy. Trends Analyt Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kiefer LM, Kubarych KJ. NOESY-Like 2D-IR Spectroscopy Reveals Non-Gaussian Dynamics. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:3819-3824. [PMID: 27617482 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We have identified an unexpected signature of non-Gaussian dynamics in a conventional 2D IR measurement on a system with rapid intermolecular vibrational energy transfer. In a ternary mixture of the CO2 reduction photocatalyst, ReCl(bpy)(CO)3, NaSCN, and THF solvent, preferential association between the metal carbonyl catalyst and the NaSCN ion pairs facilitates intermolecular energy transfer on a few picoseconds time scale. Monitoring the cross peak between the highest frequency metal carbonyl band and the CN bands of NaSCN contact ion pairs, we find a striking time evolution of the cross-peak position on the detection axis. This frequency shift, which is due to spectral diffusion following intermolecular energy transfer, occurs with a time scale that is distinct from either the donor or acceptor spectral diffusion measured simultaneously. We argue that the energy transfer, a second-order Förster process, effectively increases the dimensionality of the 2D-IR spectroscopy and thus enables sensitivity to non-Gaussian dynamics.
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- Laura M Kiefer
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Zigler DF, Morseth ZA, Wang L, Ashford DL, Brennaman MK, Grumstrup EM, Brigham EC, Gish MK, Dillon RJ, Alibabaei L, Meyer GJ, Meyer TJ, Papanikolas JM. Disentangling the Physical Processes Responsible for the Kinetic Complexity in Interfacial Electron Transfer of Excited Ru(II) Polypyridyl Dyes on TiO2. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:4426-38. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David F. Zigler
- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Caudill, Kenan, and Murray
Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus
Box 3290, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Ghosh A, Serrano AL, Oudenhoven TA, Ostrander JS, Eklund EC, Blair AF, Zanni MT. Experimental implementations of 2D IR spectroscopy through a horizontal pulse shaper design and a focal plane array detector. OPTICS LETTERS 2016; 41:524-7. [PMID: 26907414 PMCID: PMC5301998 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.000524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Aided by advances in optical engineering, two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D IR) has developed into a promising method for probing structural dynamics in biophysics and material science. We report two new advances for 2D IR spectrometers. First, we report a fully reflective and totally horizontal pulse shaper, which significantly simplifies alignment. Second, we demonstrate the applicability of mid-IR focal plane arrays (FPAs) as suitable detectors in 2D IR experiments. FPAs have more pixels than conventional linear arrays and can be used to multiplex optical detection. We simultaneously measure the spectra of a reference beam, which improves the signal-to-noise by a factor of 4; and two additional beams that are orthogonally polarized probe pulses for 2D IR anisotropy experiments.
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