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Kress C, Sidler E, Downey P, Zwick P, Fuhr O, Fenske D, Bernhard S, Mayor M. Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Thiophene-Bridged Macrocyclic pseudo-meta [2.2]Paracyclophanes. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303798. [PMID: 38214886 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
Abstract
Chiral organic molecules possessing high quantum yields, circular dichroism, and circularly polarized luminescence values have great potential as optically active materials for future applications. Recently, the identification of a promising class of inherently chiral compounds was reported, namely macrocyclic 1,3-butadiyne-linked pseudo-meta[2.2]paracyclophanes, displaying high circular dichroism and related gabs values albeit modest quantum yields. Increasing the quantum yields in an attempt to get bright circularly polarized light emitters, the high-yielding heterocyclization of those 1,3-butadiyne bridges resulting in macrocyclic 2,5-thienyls-linked pseudo-meta [2.2]paracyclophanes is herein described. The chiroptical properties of both, the previously reported 1,3-butadiyne, and the novel 2,5-thienyl bridged macrocycles of various sizes, are experimentally recorded, and theoretically described using density-functional theory.
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Affiliation(s)
- Charlotte Kress
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 15213, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMFi), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstraße 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 15213, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275, Guangzhou, China
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Wang Y, Han B, Mayor M, Samorì P. Opto-Electrochemical Synaptic Memory in Supramolecularly Engineered Janus 2D MoS 2. Adv Mater 2024; 36:e2307359. [PMID: 37903551 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
Artificial synapses combining multiple yet independent signal processing strategies in a single device are key enabler to achieve high-density of integration, energy efficiency, and fast data manipulation in brain-like computing. By taming functional complexity, the use of hybrids comprising multiple materials as active components in synaptic devices represents a powerful route to encode both short-term potentiation (STP) and long-term potentiation (LTP) in synaptic circuitries. To meet such a grand challenge, herein a novel Janus 2D material is developed by dressing asymmetrically the two surfaces of 2D molybdenum disulfide (MoS2 ) with an electrochemically-switchable ferrocene (Fc)/ ferrocenium (Fc+ ) redox couple and an optically-responsive photochromic azobenzene (Azo). Upon varying the magnitude of the electrochemical stimulus, it is possible to steer the transition between STP and LTP, thereby either triggering electrochemical doping of Fc/Fc+ pair on MoS2 or controlling an adsorption/desorption process of such redox species on MoS2 . In addition, a lower magnitude LTP is recorded by activating the photoisomerization of azobenzene chemisorbed molecules and therefore modulating the dipole-induced doping of the 2D semiconductor. Significantly, the interplay of electrochemical and optical stimuli makes it possible to construct artificial synapses where LTP can be boosted to 4-bit (16 memory states) while simultaneously functioning as STP.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ye Wang
- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS UMR 7006, 8 Alleé Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS UMR 7006, 8 Alleé Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Institute for Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS UMR 7006, 8 Alleé Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg, F-67000, France
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Ornago L, Zwick P, van der Poel S, Brandl T, El Abbassi M, Perrin ML, Dulić D, van der Zant HSJ, Mayor M. Influence of Peripheral Alkyl Groups on Junction Configurations in Single-Molecule Electronics. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2024; 128:1413-1422. [PMID: 38293692 PMCID: PMC10823531 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
Abstract
The addition of a lateral alkyl chain is a well-known strategy to reduce π-stacked ensembles of molecules in solution, with the intention to minimize the interactions between the molecules' backbones. In this paper, we study whether this concept generalizes to single-molecule junctions by using a combination of mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) measurements and clustering-based data analysis with two small series of model compounds decorated with various bulky groups. The systematic study suggests that introducing alkyl side chains also favors the formation of electrode-molecule configurations that are not observed in their absence, thereby inducing broadening of the conductance peak in the one-dimensional histograms. Thus, the introduction of alkyl chains in aromatic compounds for molecular electronics must be carefully designed and optimized for the specific purpose, balancing between increased solubility and the possibility of additional junction configurations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luca Ornago
- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Transport
at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory, Empa,
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Department
of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
- Quantum
Center, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department
of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Physical
and Mathematical Sciences, University of
Chile, Avenida Blanco
Encalada 2008, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute
for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn
Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou 510275, China
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Strauß M, Shayeghi A, Mauser MF, Geyer P, Kostersitz T, Salapa J, Dobrovolskiy O, Daly S, Commandeur J, Hua Y, Köhler V, Mayor M, Benserhir J, Bruschini C, Charbon E, Castaneda M, Gevers M, Gourgues R, Kalhor N, Fognini A, Arndt M. Highly sensitive single-molecule detection of macromolecule ion beams. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadj2801. [PMID: 38039360 PMCID: PMC10691769 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj2801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
Abstract
The analysis of proteins in the gas phase benefits from detectors that exhibit high efficiency and precise spatial resolution. Although modern secondary electron multipliers already address numerous analytical requirements, additional methods are desired for macromolecules at energies lower than currently used in post-acceleration detection. Previous studies have proven the sensitivity of superconducting detectors to high-energy particles in time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Here, we demonstrate that superconducting nanowire detectors are exceptionally well suited for quadrupole mass spectrometry and exhibit an outstanding quantum yield at low-impact energies. At energies as low as 100 eV, the sensitivity of these detectors surpasses conventional ion detectors by three orders of magnitude, and they offer the possibility to discriminate molecules by their impact energy and charge. We demonstrate three developments with these compact and sensitive devices, the recording of 2D ion beam profiles, photochemistry experiments in the gas phase, and advanced cryogenic electronics to pave the way toward highly integrated detectors.
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- Marcel Strauß
- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- MSVision, Televisieweg 40, 1322 AM Almere, The Netherlands
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- MSVision, Televisieweg 40, 1322 AM Almere, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory, EPFL, Rue de la Maladière 71b, CH-2002 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory, EPFL, Rue de la Maladière 71b, CH-2002 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory, EPFL, Rue de la Maladière 71b, CH-2002 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Single Quantum, Rotterdamseweg 394, 2629 HH, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Single Quantum, Rotterdamseweg 394, 2629 HH, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Single Quantum, Rotterdamseweg 394, 2629 HH, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Single Quantum, Rotterdamseweg 394, 2629 HH, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Single Quantum, Rotterdamseweg 394, 2629 HH, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Physics and Vienna Doctoral School of Physics (VDSP) and Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Hua Y, Strauss M, Fisher S, Mauser MFX, Manchet P, Smacchia M, Geyer P, Shayeghi A, Pfeffer M, Eggenweiler TH, Daly S, Commandeur J, Mayor M, Arndt M, Šolomek T, Köhler V. Giving the Green Light to Photochemical Uncaging of Large Biomolecules in High Vacuum. JACS Au 2023; 3:2790-2799. [PMID: 37885583 PMCID: PMC10598566 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
Abstract
The isolation of biomolecules in a high vacuum enables experiments on fragile species in the absence of a perturbing environment. Since many molecular properties are influenced by local electric fields, here we seek to gain control over the number of charges on a biopolymer by photochemical uncaging. We present the design, modeling, and synthesis of photoactive molecular tags, their labeling to peptides and proteins as well as their photochemical validation in solution and in the gas phase. The tailored tags can be selectively cleaved off at a well-defined time and without the need for any external charge-transferring agents. The energy of a single or two green photons can already trigger the process, and it is soft enough to ensure the integrity of the released biomolecular cargo. We exploit differences in the cleavage pathways in solution and in vacuum and observe a surprising robustness in upscaling the approach from a model system to genuine proteins. The interaction wavelength of 532 nm is compatible with various biomolecular entities, such as oligonucleotides or oligosaccharides.
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- Yong Hua
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- MS
Vision, Televisieweg
40, 1322 AM Almere, The Netherlands
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- MS
Vision, Televisieweg
40, 1322 AM Almere, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute
for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, DE-76021 Karlsruhe Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Lehn Institute
of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510274, P. R. China
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- Vienna
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna,
VDSP & VCQ, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94157, 1090 GD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Monserrat Lopez D, Rottmann P, Puebla-Hellmann G, Drechsler U, Mayor M, Panke S, Fussenegger M, Lörtscher E. Direct electrification of silicon microfluidics for electric field applications. Microsyst Nanoeng 2023; 9:81. [PMID: 37342556 PMCID: PMC10277806 DOI: 10.1038/s41378-023-00552-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
Abstract
Microfluidic systems are widely used in fundamental research and industrial applications due to their unique behavior, enhanced control, and manipulation opportunities of liquids in constrained geometries. In micrometer-sized channels, electric fields are efficient mechanisms for manipulating liquids, leading to deflection, injection, poration or electrochemical modification of cells and droplets. While PDMS-based microfluidic devices are used due to their inexpensive fabrication, they are limited in terms of electrode integration. Using silicon as the channel material, microfabrication techniques can be used to create nearby electrodes. Despite the advantages that silicon provides, its opacity has prevented its usage in most important microfluidic applications that need optical access. To overcome this barrier, silicon-on-insulator technology in microfluidics is introduced to create optical viewports and channel-interfacing electrodes. More specifically, the microfluidic channel walls are directly electrified via selective, nanoscale etching to introduce insulation segments inside the silicon device layer, thereby achieving the most homogeneous electric field distributions and lowest operation voltages feasible across microfluidic channels. These ideal electrostatic conditions enable a drastic energy reduction, as effectively shown via picoinjection and fluorescence-activated droplet sorting applications at voltages below 6 and 15 V, respectively, facilitating low-voltage electric field applications in next-generation microfluidics.
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- Diego Monserrat Lopez
- IBM Research Europe - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- IBM Research Europe - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- IBM Research Europe - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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- University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Faculty of Life Science, Basel, Switzerland
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- IBM Research Europe - Zurich, Säumerstrasse 4, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland
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Peters EH, Mayor M. An organic cage controlling the dimension and stability of gold nanoparticles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:4895-4898. [PMID: 37009693 PMCID: PMC10116599 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00277b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
Abstract
A molecular cage encapsulating gold nanoparticles is presented. Six benzylic thioethers are pointing into its cavity, stabilizing the particles in a 1 : 1 ligand-to-particle-ratio in excellent yields. They are bench-stable for several months and can withstand unprecedented thermal stress of up to 130 °C, documenting the advantages of the cage-type stabilization over open-chain analogues.
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- Erich Henrik Peters
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, Basel 4056, Switzerland.
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, Karlsruhe 76021, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Xingang Xi Rd. 135, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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Ochs M, Jucker L, Rödel M, Emmerling M, Kullock R, Pflaum J, Mayor M, Hecht B. Site-selective functionalization of in-plane nanoelectrode-antennas. Nanoscale 2023; 15:5249-5256. [PMID: 36794456 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06343c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Stacked organic optoelectronic devices make use of electrode materials with different work functions, leading to efficient large area light emission. In contrast, lateral electrode arrangements offer the possibility to be shaped as resonant optical antennas, radiating light from subwavelength volumes. However, tailoring electronic interface properties of laterally arranged electrodes with nanoscale gaps - to e.g. optimize charge-carrier injection - is rather challenging, yet crucial for further development of highly efficient nanolight sources. Here, we demonstrate site-selective functionalization of laterally arranged micro- and nanoelectrodes by means of different self-assembled monolayers. Upon applying an electric potential across nanoscale gaps, surface-bound molecules are removed selectively from specific electrodes by oxidative desorption. Kelvin-probe force microscopy as well as photoluminescence measurements are employed to verify the success of our approach. Moreover, we obtain asymmetric current-voltage characteristics for metal-organic devices in which just one of the electrodes is coated with 1-octadecanethiol; further demonstrating the potential to tune interface properties of nanoscale objects. Our technique paves the way for laterally arranged optoelectronic devices based on selectively engineered nanoscale interfaces and in principle enables molecular assembly with defined orientation in metallic nano-gaps.
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- Maximilian Ochs
- NanoOptics & Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Experimental Physics 6, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- NanoOptics & Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- NanoOptics & Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Experimental Physics 6, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou 510275, China
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- NanoOptics & Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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Juríček M, Mayor M. Synthetic Approaches to Molecular Fragments of Carbon Allotropes. European J Org Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202300108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Michal Juríček
- Department of Chemistry University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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Kroonen C, D’Addio A, Prescimone A, Fuhr O, Fenske D, Mayor M. A Cross‐shaped Monomer as Building Block for Molecular Textiles. Helv Chim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202200204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Camiel Kroonen
- University of Basel: Universitat Basel Department of Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- University of Basel: Universitat Basel Department of Chemistry SWITZERLAND
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie Institute for Nanotechnology GERMANY
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie Institute for Nanotechnology GERMANY
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- Universität Basel: Universitat Basel Department of Chemistry St.Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel SWITZERLAND
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Rai V, Gerhard L, Balzer N, Valášek M, Holzer C, Yang L, Wegener M, Rockstuhl C, Mayor M, Wulfhekel W. Activating Electroluminescence of Charged Naphthalene Diimide Complexes Directly Adsorbed on a Metal Substrate. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:036201. [PMID: 36763403 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.036201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Electroluminescence from single molecules adsorbed on a conducting surface imposes conflicting demands for the molecule-electrode coupling. To conduct electrons, the molecular orbitals need to be hybridized with the electrodes. To emit light, they need to be decoupled from the electrodes to prevent fluorescence quenching. Here, we show that fully quenched 2,6-core-substituted naphthalene diimide derivative in a self-assembled monolayer directly deposited on a Au(111) surface can be activated with the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to decouple the relevant frontier orbitals from the metallic substrate. In this way, individual molecules can be driven from a strongly hybridized state with quenched luminescence to a light-emitting state. The emission performance compares in terms of quantum efficiency, stability, and reproducibility to that of single molecules deposited on thin insulating layers. Quantum chemical calculations suggest that the emitted light originates from the singly charged cationic pair of the molecules.
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- Vibhuti Rai
- Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Xingang West Road, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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D'Addio A, Malinčik J, Fuhr O, Fenske D, Häussinger D, Mayor M. Geländer Molecules with Orthogonal Joints: Synthesis of Macrocyclic Dimers. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201678. [PMID: 35856176 PMCID: PMC9804589 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Orthogonal joints, understood as connections with an angle of 90°, were introduced in the design of the "Geländer" model compounds 1 and 2. The banister, consisting of a conjugated carbazole dimer linked by either 1,3-butadiyne (2) or a single thiophene (1), wraps around an axis composed of a phthalimide dimer due to the dimensional mismatch of both subunits, which are interconnected by phenylene rungs. The "Geländer" structure was assembled from a monomer comprising the 1,4-diaminobenzene rung with one amino substituent as part of a 4-bromo phthalimide subunit forming the orthogonal junction to the axis, and the other as part of a masked 2-ethynyl carbazole as orthogonal joint to the banister. The macrocycle was obtained by two sequential homocoupling steps. A first dimerization by a reductive homocoupling assembled the axis, while an oxidative acetylene coupling served as ring-closing reaction. The formed butadiyne was further derivatized to a thiophene, rendering all carbons of the model compound sp2 hybridized. Both helical structures were fully characterized and chirally resolved. Assignment of the enantiomers was achieved by simulation of chiroptical properties and enantiopure synthesis.
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- Adriano D'Addio
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMFi)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021Karlsruhe Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMFi)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021Karlsruhe Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland,Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMFi)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021Karlsruhe Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany,Lehn Institute of Functional Materials(LIFM)School of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)Guangzhou510275 (P.R. ofChina
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Daaoub A, Ornago L, Vogel D, Bastante P, Sangtarash S, Parmeggiani M, Kamer J, Agraït N, Mayor M, van der Zant H, Sadeghi H. Engineering Transport Orbitals in Single-Molecule Junctions. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:9156-9164. [PMID: 36166407 PMCID: PMC9549519 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Controlling charge transport through molecules is challenging because it requires engineering of the energy of molecular orbitals involved in the transport process. While side groups are central to maintaining solubility in many molecular materials, their role in modulating charge transport through single-molecule junctions has received less attention. Here, using two break-junction techniques and computational modeling, we investigate systematically the effect of electron-donating and -withdrawing side groups on the charge transport through single molecules. By characterizing the conductance and thermopower, we demonstrate that side groups can be used to manipulate energy levels of the transport orbitals. Furthermore, we develop a novel statistical approach to model quantum transport through molecular junctions. The proposed method does not treat the electrodes' chemical potential as a free parameter and leads to more robust prediction of electrical conductance as confirmed by our experiment. The new method is generic and can be used to predict the conductance of molecules.
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- Abdalghani Daaoub
- School
of Engineering, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Departamento
de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- School
of Engineering, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Departamento
de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute
for Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn
Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- School
of Engineering, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom
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Sidler E, Zwick P, Kress C, Reznikova K, Fuhr O, Fenske D, Mayor M. Front Cover: Intense Molar Circular Dichroism in Fully Conjugated All‐Carbon Macrocyclic 1,3‐Butadiyne Linked pseudo‐
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[2.2]Paracyclophanes (Chem. Eur. J. 53/2022). Chemistry 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Eric Sidler
- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM) School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) 510275 Guangzhou P. R. China
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Sidler E, Zwick P, Kress C, Reznikova K, Fuhr O, Fenske D, Mayor M. Intense Molar Circular Dichroism in Fully Conjugated All-Carbon Macrocyclic 1,3-Butadiyne Linked pseudo-meta [2.2]Paracyclophanes. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201764. [PMID: 35781897 PMCID: PMC9805063 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The synthetic access to macrocyclic molecular topologies with interesting photophysical properties has greatly improved thanks to the successful implementation of organic and inorganic corner units. Based on recent reports, we realized that pseudo-meta [2.2]paracyclophanes (PCPs) might serve as optimal corner units for constructing 3D functional materials, owing to their efficient electronic communication, angled substituents and planar chirality. Herein, we report the synthesis, characterization and optical properties of four novel all-carbon enantiopure macrocycles bearing three to six pseudo-meta PCPs linked by 1,3-butadiyne units. The macrocycles were obtained by a single step from enantiopure, literature-known dialkyne pseudo-meta PCP and were unambiguously identified and characterized by state of the art spectroscopic methods and in part even by x-ray crystallography. By comparing the optical properties to relevant reference compounds, it is shown that the pseudo-meta PCP subunit effectively elongates the conjugated system throughout the macrocyclic backbone, such that already the smallest macrocycle consisting of only three subunits reaches a polymer-like conjugation length. Additionally, it is shown that the chiral pseudo-meta PCPs induce a remarkable chiroptical response in the respective macrocycles, reaching unprecedented high molar circular dichroism values for all-carbon macrocycles of up to 1307 L mol-1 cm-1 .
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- Eric Sidler
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland,Institute for Nanotechnology (INT)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany,Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM)School of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)510275GuangzhouP. R. China
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Sidler E, Zwick P, Kress C, Reznikova K, Fuhr O, Fenske D, Mayor M. Intense Molar Circular Dichroism in Fully Conjugated All‐Carbon Macrocyclic 1,3‐Butadiyne Linked pseudo‐
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[2.2]Paracyclophanes. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202706. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Eric Sidler
- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM) School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) 510275 Guangzhou P. R. China
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Monserrat Lopez D, Grimaudo V, Prone G, Flisch A, Riedo A, Zboray R, Lüthi T, Mayor M, Fussenegger M, Broekmann P, Wurz P, Lörtscher E. Automated, 3-D and Sub-Micron Accurate Ablation-Volume Determination by Inverse Molding and X-Ray Computed Tomography. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022; 9:e2200136. [PMID: 35521972 PMCID: PMC9284130 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Ablation of materials in combination with element-specific analysis of the matter released is a widely used method to accurately determine a material's chemical composition. Among other methods, repetitive ablation using femto-second pulsed laser systems provides excellent spatial resolution through its incremental removal of nanometer thick layers. The method can be combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry, for example, laser ablation ionization mass spectrometry, to simultaneously analyze chemically the material released. With increasing depth of the volume ablated, however, secondary effects start to play an important role and the ablation geometry deviates substantially from the desired cylindrical shape. Consequently, primarily conical but sometimes even more complex, rather than cylindrical, craters are created. Their dimensions need to be analyzed to enable a direct correlation with the element-specific analytical signals. Here, a post-ablation analysis method is presented that combines generic polydimethylsiloxane-based molding of craters with the volumetric reconstruction of the crater's inverse using X-ray computed tomography. Automated analysis yields the full, sub-micron accurate anatomy of the craters, thereby a scalable and generic method to better understand the fundamentals underlying ablation processes applicable to a wide range of materials. Furthermore, it may serve toward a more accurate determination of heterogeneous material's composition for a variety of applications without requiring time- and labor-intensive analyses of individual craters.
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- Diego Monserrat Lopez
- Science & Technology DepartmentIBM Research Europe ‐ ZurichSäumerstrasse 4RüschlikonCH‐8803Switzerland
- Department of Biosystems Science and EngineeringETH ZürichMattenstrasse 26Basel4058Switzerland
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- Physics InstituteSpace Research & Planetary SciencesUniversity of BernSidlerstrasse 5BernCH‐3012Switzerland
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- Science & Technology DepartmentIBM Research Europe ‐ ZurichSäumerstrasse 4RüschlikonCH‐8803Switzerland
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns‐Ring 19BaselCH‐4056Switzerland
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- EMPASwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyÜberlandstrasse 129DübendorfCH‐8600Switzerland
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- Physics InstituteSpace Research & Planetary SciencesUniversity of BernSidlerstrasse 5BernCH‐3012Switzerland
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- EMPASwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyÜberlandstrasse 129DübendorfCH‐8600Switzerland
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- EMPASwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyÜberlandstrasse 129DübendorfCH‐8600Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns‐Ring 19BaselCH‐4056Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and EngineeringETH ZürichMattenstrasse 26Basel4058Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryBiochemistry and Pharmaceutical ScienceUniversity of BernFreiestrasse 3BernCH‐3012Switzerland
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- Physics InstituteSpace Research & Planetary SciencesUniversity of BernSidlerstrasse 5BernCH‐3012Switzerland
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- Science & Technology DepartmentIBM Research Europe ‐ ZurichSäumerstrasse 4RüschlikonCH‐8803Switzerland
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Hsu C, Costi TA, Vogel D, Wegeberg C, Mayor M, van der Zant HSJ, Gehring P. Magnetic-Field Universality of the Kondo Effect Revealed by Thermocurrent Spectroscopy. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:147701. [PMID: 35476482 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.147701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Probing the universal low-temperature magnetic-field scaling of Kondo-correlated quantum dots via electrical conductance has proved to be experimentally challenging. Here, we show how to probe this in nonlinear thermocurrent spectroscopy applied to a molecular quantum dot in the Kondo regime. Our results demonstrate that the bias-dependent thermocurrent is a sensitive probe of universal Kondo physics, directly measures the splitting of the Kondo resonance in a magnetic field, and opens up possibilities for investigating nanosystems far from thermal and electrical equilibrium.
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- Chunwei Hsu
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
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- Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
- IMCN/NAPS, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Schosser WM, Hsu C, Zwick P, Beltako K, Dulić D, Mayor M, van der Zant HSJ, Pauly F. Mechanical conductance tunability of a porphyrin-cyclophane single-molecule junction. Nanoscale 2022; 14:984-992. [PMID: 34989747 PMCID: PMC8772887 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06484c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The possibility to study quantum interference phenomena at ambient conditions is an appealing feature of molecular electronics. By connecting two porphyrins in a cofacial cyclophane, we create an attractive platform for mechanically controlling electric transport through the intramolecular extent of π-orbital overlap of the porphyrins facing each other and through the angle of xanthene bridges with regard to the porphyrin planes. We analyze theoretically the evolution of molecular configurations in the pulling process and the corresponding changes in electric conduction by combining density functional theory (DFT) with Landauer scattering theory of phase-coherent elastic transport. Predicted conductances during the stretching process show order of magnitude variations caused by two robust destructive quantum interference features that span through the whole electronic gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO). Mechanically-controlled break junction (MCBJ) experiments at room temperature verify the mechanosensitive response of the molecular junctions. During the continuous stretching of the molecule, they show conductance variations of up to 1.5 orders of magnitude over single breaking events. Uncommon triple- and quadruple-frequency responses are observed in periodic electrode modulation experiments with amplitudes of up to 10 Å. This further confirms the theoretically predicted double transmission dips caused by the spatial and energetic rearrangement of molecular orbitals, with contributions from both through-space and through-bond transport.
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- Werner M Schosser
- Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany.
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany.
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- Department of Physics, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Avenida Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany.
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Hsu C, Schosser WM, Zwick P, Dulić D, Mayor M, Pauly F, van der Zant HSJ. Mechanical compression in cofacial porphyrin cyclophane pincers. Chem Sci 2022; 13:8017-8024. [PMID: 35919422 PMCID: PMC9278344 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc00937d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Intra- and intermolecular interactions are dominating chemical processes, and their concerted interplay enables complex nonequilibrium states like life. While the responsible basic forces are typically investigated spectroscopically, a conductance measurement to probe and control these interactions in a single molecule far out of equilibrium is reported here. Specifically, by separating macroscopic metal electrodes, two π-conjugated, bridge-connected porphyrin decks are peeled off on one side, but compressed on the other side due to the covalent mechanical fixation. We observe that the conductance response shows an exceptional exponential rise by two orders of magnitude in individual breaking events during the stretching. Theoretical studies atomistically explain the measured conductance behavior by a mechanically activated increase in through-bond transport and a simultaneous strengthening of through-space coupling. Our results not only reveal the various interacting intramolecular transport channels in a molecular set of levers, but also the molecules' potential to serve as molecular electro-mechanical sensors and switches. A two-order conductance increase upon stretching in porphyrin cyclophane pincer junctions is measured. Atomistic studies explain experimental observations by characteristic intramolecular changes in through-space and through-bond transport.![]()
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- Chunwei Hsu
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Avenida Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
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Sidler E, Malinčík J, Prescimone A, Mayor M. Induced axial chirality by a tight belt: naphthalene chromophores fixed in a 2,5-substituted cofacial para-phenylene-ethynylene framework. J Mater Chem C Mater 2021; 9:16199-16207. [PMID: 34912562 PMCID: PMC8614465 DOI: 10.1039/d1tc02180j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report the design of a synthetically easy accessible axial chirality-inducing framework for a chromophore of choice. The scaffold consists of two basic para-phenylene-ethynylene backbones separated by laterally placed corner units. Substitution with an inherently achiral chromophore at the 2 and 5 positions of the central phenylene excitonically couples the chromophore associated transition and thereby results in chiroptical properties. Using 6-methoxynaphthalene as a model chromophore, we present the synthesis, structural analysis and spectroscopic investigation of the framework. The chiral framework was synthesized in three straightforward synthetic steps and fully characterized. The obtained racemic compounds were resolved using HPLC and assignment of the absolute configuration was performed using the exciton chirality method, crystallography and DFT calculations. This simple yet potent framework might prove useful to enrich the structural diversity of chiral materials.
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- Eric Sidler
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19 Basel 4056 Switzerland https://www.chemie1.unibas.ch/∼mayor/
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19 Basel 4056 Switzerland https://www.chemie1.unibas.ch/∼mayor/
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19 Basel 4056 Switzerland https://www.chemie1.unibas.ch/∼mayor/
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19 Basel 4056 Switzerland https://www.chemie1.unibas.ch/∼mayor/
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640 Karlsruhe 76021 Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) Guangzhou 510275 China
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Pyurbeeva E, Hsu C, Vogel D, Wegeberg C, Mayor M, van der Zant H, Mol JA, Gehring P. Controlling the Entropy of a Single-Molecule Junction. Nano Lett 2021; 21:9715-9719. [PMID: 34766782 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Single molecules are nanoscale thermodynamic systems with few degrees of freedom. Thus, the knowledge of their entropy can reveal the presence of microscopic electron transfer dynamics that are difficult to observe otherwise. Here, we apply thermocurrent spectroscopy to directly measure the entropy of a single free radical molecule in a magnetic field. Our results allow us to uncover the presence of a singlet to triplet transition in one of the redox states of the molecule, not detected by conventional charge transport measurements. This highlights the power of thermoelectric measurements which can be used to determine the difference in configurational entropy between the redox states of a nanoscale system involved in conductance without any prior assumptions about its structure or microscopic dynamics.
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- Eugenia Pyurbeeva
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, Delft 2628 CJ, The Netherlands
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- IMCN/NAPS, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Zwick P, Dulić D, van der Zant HSJ, Mayor M. Porphyrins as building blocks for single-molecule devices. Nanoscale 2021; 13:15500-15525. [PMID: 34558586 PMCID: PMC8485416 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04523g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Direct measurement of single-molecule electrical transparency by break junction experiments has become a major field of research over the two last decades. This review specifically and comprehensively highlights the use of porphyrins as molecular components and discusses their potential use for the construction of future devices. Throughout the review, the features provided by porphyrins, such as low level misalignments and very low attenuation factors, are shown with numerous examples, illustrating the potential and limitations of these molecular junctions, as well as differences emerging from applied integration/investigation techniques.
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- Patrick Zwick
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Avenida Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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Dekkiche H, Malinčik J, Prescimone A, Häussinger D, Mayor M. An Ortho-Tetraphenylene-Based "Geländer" Architecture Consisting Exclusively of 52 sp 2 -Hybridized C Atoms. Chemistry 2021; 27:13258-13267. [PMID: 34254710 PMCID: PMC8518721 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new type of "Geländer" molecule based on a ortho-tetraphenylene core is presented. The central para-quaterphenyl backbone is wrapped by a 4,4'-di((Z)-styryl)-1,1'-biphenyl banister, with its aryl rings covalently attached to all four phenyl rings of the backbone. The resulting helical chiral bicyclic architecture consists exclusively of sp2 -hybridized carbon atoms. The target structure was assembled by expanding the central ortho-tetraphenylene subunit with the required additional phenyl rings followed by a twofold macrocyclization. The first macrocyclization attempts based on a twofold McMurry coupling were successful but low yielding; the second strategy, profiting from olefin metathesis, provided satisfying yields. Hydrogenation of the olefins resulted in a saturated derivative of similar topology, thereby allowing the interdependence between saturation and physico-chemical properties to be studied. The target structures, including their solid-state structures, were fully characterized. The helical chiral bicycle was synthesized as a racemate and separated into pure enantiomers by HPLC on a chiral stationary phase. Comparison of recorded and simulated chiroptical properties allowed the enantiomers to be assigned.
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- Hervé Dekkiche
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
- NCCR Molecular Systems EngineeringBPR 1095Mattenstrasse 24a4058BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
- NCCR Molecular Systems EngineeringBPR 1095Mattenstrasse 24a4058BaselSwitzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM)School of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)Guangzhou510275 (P.R. ofChina
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Reznikova K, Hsu C, Schosser WM, Gallego A, Beltako K, Pauly F, van der Zant HSJ, Mayor M. Substitution Pattern Controlled Quantum Interference in [2.2]Paracyclophane-Based Single-Molecule Junctions. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:13944-13951. [PMID: 34424713 PMCID: PMC8414552 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Quantum interference (QI) of electron waves passing through a single-molecule junction provides a powerful means to influence its electrical properties. Here, we investigate the correlation between substitution pattern, conductance, and mechanosensitivity in [2.2]paracyclophane (PCP)-based molecular wires in a mechanically controlled break junction experiment. The effect of the meta versus para connectivity in both the central PCP core and the phenyl ring connecting the terminal anchoring group is studied. We find that the meta-phenyl-anchored PCP yields such low conductance levels that molecular features cannot be resolved; in the case of para-phenyl-coupled anchoring, however, large variations in conductance values for modulations of the electrode separation occur for the pseudo-para-coupled PCP core, while this mechanosensitivity is absent for the pseudo-meta-PCP core. The experimental findings are interpreted in terms of QI effects between molecular frontier orbitals by theoretical calculations based on density functional theory and the Landauer formalism.
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- Ksenia Reznikova
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 GJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 1, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 1, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 1, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Kavli
Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University
of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 GJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute
for Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn
Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510274, P. R. China
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Balzer N, Lukášek J, Valášek M, Rai V, Sun Q, Gerhard L, Wulfhekel W, Mayor M. Synthesis and Surface Behaviour of NDI Chromophores Mounted on a Tripodal Scaffold: Towards Self-Decoupled Chromophores for Single-Molecule Electroluminescence. Chemistry 2021; 27:12144-12155. [PMID: 34152041 PMCID: PMC8457086 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This paper reports the efficient synthesis, absorption and emission spectra, and the electrochemical properties of a series of 2,6-disubstituted naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetracarboxdiimide (NDI) tripodal molecules with thioacetate anchors for their surface investigations. Our studies showed that, in particular, the pyrrolidinyl group with its strong electron-donating properties enhanced the fluorescence of such core-substituted NDI chromophores and caused a significant bathochromic shift in the absorption spectrum with a correspondingly narrowed bandgap of 1.94 eV. Cyclic voltammetry showed the redox properties of NDIs to be influenced by core substituents. The strong electron-donating character of pyrrolidine substituents results in rather high HOMO and LUMO levels of -5.31 and -3.37 eV when compared with the parental unsubstituted NDI. UHV-STM measurements of a sub-monolayer of the rigid tripodal NDI chromophores spray deposited on Au(111) show that these molecules mainly tend to adsorb flat in a pairwise fashion on the surface and form unordered films. However, the STML experiments also revealed a few molecular clusters, which might consist of upright oriented molecules protruding from the molecular island and show electroluminescence photon spectra with high electroluminescence yields of up to 6×10-3 . These results demonstrate the promising potential of the NDI tripodal chromophores for the fabrication of molecular devices profiting from optical features of the molecular layer.
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- Nico Balzer
- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyP.O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyP.O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyP.O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of Quantum Materials and TechnologiesKarlsruhe Institute of Technology76021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of Quantum Materials and TechnologiesKarlsruhe Institute of Technology76021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of Quantum Materials and TechnologiesKarlsruhe Institute of Technology76021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of Quantum Materials and TechnologiesKarlsruhe Institute of Technology76021KarlsruheGermany
- Physikalisches InstitutKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyWolfgang-Gaede-Straße 176131KarlsruheGermany
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- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyP.O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
- Lehn Institute of Functional MaterialsSchool of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou, Guangdong510275P. R. China
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Scherrer D, Vogel D, Drechsler U, Olziersky A, Sparr C, Mayor M, Lörtscher E. Reaktionsverfolgung von Festphasensynthesen in selbstassemblierenden Monolagen mit oberflächenverstärkter Raman‐Spektroskopie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Dominik Scherrer
- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research Europe Säumerstrasse 4 8803 Rüschlikon Schweiz
- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Schweiz
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Schweiz
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- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research Europe Säumerstrasse 4 8803 Rüschlikon Schweiz
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- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research Europe Säumerstrasse 4 8803 Rüschlikon Schweiz
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Schweiz
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Schweiz
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Deutschland
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM) School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) Guangzhou 510275 VR China
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- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research Europe Säumerstrasse 4 8803 Rüschlikon Schweiz
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Scherrer D, Vogel D, Drechsler U, Olziersky A, Sparr C, Mayor M, Lörtscher E. Monitoring Solid-Phase Reactions in Self-Assembled Monolayers by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17981-17988. [PMID: 34048139 PMCID: PMC8456949 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nanopatterned surfaces enhance incident electromagnetic radiation and thereby enable the detection and characterization of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), for instance in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Herein, Au nanohole arrays, developed and characterized as SERS substrates, are exemplarily used for monitoring a solid-phase deprotection and a subsequent copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition "click" reaction, performed directly on the corresponding SAMs. The SERS substrate was found to be highly reliable in terms of signal reproducibility and chemical stability. Furthermore, the intermediates and the product of the solid-phase synthesis were identified by SERS. The spectra of the immobilized compounds showed minor differences compared to spectra of the microcrystalline solids. With its uniform SERS signals and the high chemical stability, the platform paves the way for monitoring molecular manipulations in surface functionalization applications.
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- Dominik Scherrer
- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research EuropeSäumerstrasse 48803RüschlikonSwitzerland
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research EuropeSäumerstrasse 48803RüschlikonSwitzerland
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- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research EuropeSäumerstrasse 48803RüschlikonSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)P. O. Box 364076021KarlsruheGermany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM)School of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)Guangzhou510275P.R. China
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- Science and Technology Department, IBM Research EuropeSäumerstrasse 48803RüschlikonSwitzerland
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Vladyka A, Perrin ML, Overbeck J, Ferradás RR, García-Suárez V, Gantenbein M, Brunner J, Mayor M, Ferrer J, Calame M. Author Correction: In-situ formation of one-dimensional coordination polymers in molecular junctions. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4072. [PMID: 34183655 PMCID: PMC8238958 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24204-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Anton Vladyka
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.,Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.,Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.,Swiss Nanoscience Institute, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Oviedo, 33007, Oviedo, Spain.,Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, IRSAMC, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, CNRS, 118 Route de la Narbone, 31062, Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oviedo, 33007, Oviedo, Spain.,Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research Center, CSIC - Universidad de Oviedo, 33007, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.,Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.,Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LFM), Sun Yat Sen University (SYSU), XinGangXi Rd. 135, 510275, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, University of Oviedo, 33007, Oviedo, Spain. .,Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research Center, CSIC - Universidad de Oviedo, 33007, Oviedo, Spain.
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland. .,Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland. .,Swiss Nanoscience Institute, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.
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An overview of various approaches to synthesize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) bearing one single chemically addressable unit and their diverse fields of application is presented. This comprehensive review not only describes the strategies pursued to obtain monofunctionalized AuNPs, but also reports their behavior as 'massive' molecules in wet chemical protocols and the scope of their applications. The latter reaches from site-specific labels in biomolecules over mechanical barriers in superstructures to building blocks in hybrid nano-architectures. The complementing physical properties of AuNPs combined with precise chemical control of their attachment makes these objects promising building blocks for numerous proof-of-concept experiments and applications.
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- E Henrik Peters
- Departement of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Departement of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; Institute for Nanotechnology (INT); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); P. O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Xingang Xi Rd. 135, 510275 Guangzhou, P. R. China;,
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Xu L, Valášek M, Hennrich F, Fischer R, Kappes MM, Mayor M. Degradable Fluorene- and Carbazole-Based Copolymers for Selective Extraction of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Liang Xu
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
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Bannwart LM, Müntener T, Rickhaus M, Jundt L, Häussinger D, Mayor M. Bicyclic Phenyl-Ethynyl Architectures: Synthesis of a 1,4-Bis(phenylbuta-1,3-diyn-1-yl) Benzene Banister. Chemistry 2021; 27:6295-6307. [PMID: 33502051 PMCID: PMC8048618 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
The novel diacetylene bridged terphenylic macrocycle 1 is presented and discussed in the context of rotationally restricted “Geländer” oligomers. The 1,4‐bis(phenylbuta‐1,3‐diyn‐1‐yl) benzene bridge of diacetylene 1 is significantly longer than its terphenyl backbone, forcing the bridge to bend around the central pylon. The synthesis of molecule 1 is based to a large extent on acetylene scaffolding strategies, profiting from orthogonal alkyne protection groups to close both macrocyclic subunits by oxidative acetylene coupling sequentially. The spatial arrangement and the dynamic enantiomerization process of the bicyclic target structure 1 are analyzed. In‐depth NMR investigations not only reveal an unexpected spatial arrangement with both oligomer strands bent alongside the backbone, but also display the limited stability of the model compound in the presence of molecular oxygen.
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- Linda Maria Bannwart
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.,Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P. O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.,Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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Xu L, Valášek M, Hennrich F, Sedghamiz E, Penaloza-Amion M, Häussinger D, Wenzel W, Kappes MM, Mayor M. Enantiomeric Separation of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Acid Cleavable Chiral Polyfluorene. ACS Nano 2021; 15:4699-4709. [PMID: 33626282 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Helical wrapping by conjugated polymer has been demonstrated as a powerful tool for the sorting of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) according to their electronic type, chiral index, and even handedness. However, a method of one-step extraction of left-handed (M) and right-handed (P) semiconducting SWCNTs (s-SWCNTs) with subsequent cleavage of the polymer has not yet been published. In this work, we designed and synthesized one pair of acid cleavable polyfluorenes with defined chirality for handedness separation of s-SWCNTs from as-produced nanotubes. Each monomer contains a chiral center on the fluorene backbone in the 9-position, and the amino and carbonyl groups in the 2- and 7-positions maintain the head-to-tail regioselective polymerization resulting in polyimines with strictly all-(R) or all-(S) configuration. The obtained chiral polymers exhibit a strong recognition ability toward left- or right-handed s-SWCNTs from commercially available CoMoCAT SWCNTs with a sorting process requiring only bath sonication and centrifugation. Interestingly, the remaining polymer on each single nanotube, which helps to prevent aggregation, does not interfere with the circular dichroism signals from the nanotube at all. Therefore, we observed all four interband transition peaks (E11, E22, E33, E44) in the circular dichroism (CD) spectra of the still wrapped optically enriched left-handed and right-handed (6,5) SWCNTs in toluene. Binding energies obtained from molecular dynamics simulations were consistent with our experimental results and showed a significant preference for one specific handedness from each chiral polymer. Moreover, the imine bonds along the polymer chains enable the release of the nanotubes upon acid treatment. After s-SWNT separation, the polymer can be decomposed into monomers and be cleanly removed under mild acidic conditions, yielding dispersant-free handedness sorted s-SWNTs. The monomers can be almost quantitatively recovered to resynthesize the chiral polymer. This approach enables high selective isolation of polymer-free s-SWNT enantiomers for their further applications in carbon nanotube (CNT) devices.
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- Liang Xu
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
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Frauhammer T, Gerhard L, Edelmann K, Lindner M, Valášek M, Mayor M, Wulfhekel W. Addressing a lattice of rotatable molecular dipoles with the electric field of an STM tip. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4874-4881. [PMID: 33616122 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06146h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Functional molecular groups mounted on specific foot structures are ideal model systems to study intermolecular interactions, due to the possibility to separate the functionality and the adsorption mechanism. Here, we report on the rotational switching of a thioacetate group mounted on a tripodal tetraphenylmethane (TPM) derivative adsorbed in ordered islands on a Au(111) surface. Using low temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy, individual freestanding molecular groups of the lattice can be switched between two bistable orientations. The functional dependence of this rotational switching on the sample bias and tip-sample distance allows us to model the energy landscape of this molecular group as an electric dipole in the electric field of the tunnelling junction. As expected for the interaction of two dipoles, we found states of neighbouring molecules to be correlated.
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- Timo Frauhammer
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. and Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. and Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. and Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland and Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. and Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Mannancherry R, Šolomek T, Cavalli D, Malinčík J, Häussinger D, Prescimone A, Mayor M. Sulfone “Geländer” Helices: Revealing Unexpected Parameters Controlling the Enantiomerization Process. J Org Chem 2021; 86:5431-5442. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c03016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Rajesh Mannancherry
- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM) School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou 510275, China
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The incorporation of a linear D–π–A “push–pull” chromophore synthesized by a Knoevenagel condensation as axle of a rotaxane is reported.
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- Laurent Jucker
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Basel
- 4056 Basel
- Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Basel
- 4056 Basel
- Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Basel
- 4056 Basel
- Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT)
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Zwick P, Hsu C, El Abbassi M, Fuhr O, Fenske D, Dulić D, van der Zant HSJ, Mayor M. Synthesis and Transport Studies of a Cofacial Porphyrin Cyclophane. J Org Chem 2020; 85:15072-15081. [PMID: 33166468 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Porphyrin cyclophane 1, consisting of two rigidly fixed but still movable cofacial porphyrins and exposing acetate-masked thiols in opposed directions of the macrocycle, is designed, synthesized, and characterized. The functional cyclophane 1, as pioneer of mechanosensitive 3D materials, forms stable single-molecule junctions in a mechanically controlled break-junction setup. Its reliable integration in a single-molecule junction is a fundamental prerequisite to explore the potential of these structures as mechanically triggered functional units and devices.
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- Patrick Zwick
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.,Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.,Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Avenida Blanco Encalada 2008, 8330015 Santiago, Chile
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.,Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.,Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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Brandl T, Johannsen S, Häussinger D, Suryadevara N, Prescimone A, Bernhard S, Gruber M, Ruben M, Berndt R, Mayor M. Iron in a Cage: Fixation of a Fe(II)tpy 2 Complex by Fourfold Interlinking. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:15947-15952. [PMID: 32412664 PMCID: PMC7540000 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The coordination sphere of the Fe(II) terpyridine complex 1 is rigidified by fourfold interlinking of both terpyridine ligands. Profiting from an octa-aldehyde precursor complex, the ideal dimensions of the interlinking structures are determined by reversible Schiff-base formation, before irreversible Wittig olefination provided the rigidified complex. Reversed-phase HPLC enables the isolation of the all-trans isomer of the Fe(II) terpyridine complex 1, which is fully characterized. While temperature independent low-spin states were recorded with superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) measurements for both, the open precursor 8 and the interlinked complex 1, evidence of the increased rigidity of the ligand sphere in 1 was provided by proton T2 relaxation NMR experiments. The ligand sphere fixation in the macrocyclized complex 1 even reaches a level resisting substantial deformation upon deposition on an Au(111) surface, as demonstrated by its pristine form in a low temperature ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope experiment.
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- Thomas Brandl
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte PhysikChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielLeibnizstr. 1924098KielGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
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- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 176344Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
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- Department of ChemistryCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghPA15213USA
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte PhysikChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielLeibnizstr. 1924098KielGermany
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- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 176344Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS)CNRS-Université de Strasbourg23, rue de Loess, BP 4367034Strasbourg cedex 2France
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte PhysikChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielLeibnizstr. 1924098KielGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselSt. Johanns-Ring 194056BaselSwitzerland
- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 176344Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
- Lehn Institute of Functional MaterialsSchool of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen UniversityGuangzhou510275China
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- Erich Henrik Peters
- Departement of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns‐Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Departement of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns‐Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM) Sun Yat‐Sen University (SYSU) Xingang Xi Rd. 135 510275 Guangzhou P. R. China
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- Thomas Brandl
- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Leibnizstr. 19 24098 Kiel Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Institute of Nanotechnology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213 USA
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Leibnizstr. 19 24098 Kiel Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) CNRS-Université de Strasbourg 23, rue de Loess, BP 43 67034 Strasbourg cedex 2 France
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Leibnizstr. 19 24098 Kiel Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
- Institute of Nanotechnology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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Schätti J, Köhler V, Mayor M, Fein YY, Geyer P, Mairhofer L, Gerlich S, Arndt M. Matter-wave interference and deflection of tripeptides decorated with fluorinated alkyl chains. J Mass Spectrom 2020; 55:e4514. [PMID: 32363659 PMCID: PMC7317408 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Studies of neutral biomolecules in the gas phase allow for the study of molecular properties in the absence of solvent and charge effects, thus complementing spectroscopic and analytical methods in solution or in ion traps. Some properties, such as the static electronic susceptibility, are best accessed in experiments that act on the motion of the neutral molecules in an electric field. Here, we screen seven peptides for their thermal stability and electron impact ionizability. We identify two tripeptides as sufficiently volatile and thermostable to be evaporated and interfered in the long-baseline universal matter-wave interferometer. Monitoring the deflection of the interferometric molecular nanopattern in a tailored external electric field allows us to measure the static molecular susceptibility of Ala-Trp-Ala and Ala-Ala-Trp bearing fluorinated alkyl chains at C- and N-termini. The respective values are 4 π ε 0 × 330 ± 150 Å 3 and 4 π ε 0 × 270 ± 80 Å 3 .
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- Jonas Schätti
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselCH‐St. Johannsring 1Basel4056Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselCH‐St. Johannsring 1Basel4056Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselCH‐St. Johannsring 1Basel4056Switzerland
- Institute of NanotechnologyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyHermann‐von‐Helmholtz‐Platz 1, 76344Eggenstein‐LeopoldshafenGermany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM)Sun Yat‐Sen University (SYSU)XinGangXi Rd. 135, 510275GuangzhouChina
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- Faculty of PhysicsUniversity of ViennaBoltzmanngasse 5, 1090ViennaAustria
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- Faculty of PhysicsUniversity of ViennaBoltzmanngasse 5, 1090ViennaAustria
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- Faculty of PhysicsUniversity of ViennaBoltzmanngasse 5, 1090ViennaAustria
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- Faculty of PhysicsUniversity of ViennaBoltzmanngasse 5, 1090ViennaAustria
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- Faculty of PhysicsUniversity of ViennaBoltzmanngasse 5, 1090ViennaAustria
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Palma Sanchez D, Haro A, Moreno MJ, Peñas E, Mayor M, Moreno M, Linares Ferrando LF. AB1290-HPR UTILITY OF FRAX IN THE RISK DETECTION OF FRACTURE IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.3839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Axial spondyloarthritis (SpAax) presents an increased risk of vertebral fracture not fully detected by Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The FRAX algorithms give the 10-year probability of hip fracture and of mayor osteoporotic fracture (clinical spine, forearm, hip or shoulder fracture), taking into account 11 clinical risk factors.Objectives:To analyze the suitability of FRAX to detect the risk of fracture in patients with SpAax. To assess whether the incorporation of SpAax as a clinical risk factor to conventional FRAX provides additional information.Methods:Cross-sectional study in which SpAax patients (ASAS criteria) were included. Clinical-demographic and related to the disease variables were collected. FRIDEX model for Spanish population was used to determine low, intermediate or high risk of mayor fracture by FRAX. These results were compared with those obtained by DXA and trabecular bone score (TBS). In the statistical analysis we used mean and standard deviation (SD) in quantitative variables and frequency in qualitative ones. To compare means among 3 groups, ANOVA test was used.Results:The characteristics of the patients are shown in Table 1. According to FRIDEX, no patient had high risk of fracture and 2.4% had intermediate risk. When SpAax was added as a risk factor, no patient had high risk of fracture and 6.1% presented intermediate risk. According to DXA, 7.3% had high risk of fracture and 41.3% intermediate risk. TBS detected high risk of fracture in 18.3% and intermediate risk also in 18.3% of patients.Table 1.Sociodemographic, clinical and related characteristics with the disease (BMD: bone mineral density, BMI: index of body mass)Gender (Male), n (%)61 (74.4)Age, mean ± SD49.48 ± 12.47BMI, mean ± SD27.13 ± 4.42Smoking, n (%)26 (31.7)Diabetes mellitus, n (%)9 (11)Osteoporotic fracture, n (%)1 (1.2)Disease duration (years), mean ± SD11.77 ± 10syndesmophytes, n (%)38 (46.3)ASDAS-PCR, mean ± SD2.55 ± 1.07Lumbar BMD (g / cm2), mean ± SD1.032 ± 0.180BMD femoral neck (g / cm2), mean ± SD0.816 ± 0.140Lumbar TBS, mean ± SD1.383 ± 0.133Conclusion:FRAX does not seem an adequate tool to detect the risk of fracture in patients with SpAax since it did not improve the results obtained by DXA meanwhile TBS did. The incorporation of SpAax as a clinical risk factor to conventional FRAX did not provide additional information in most casesDisclosure of Interests:None declared
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Prabodh A, Bauer D, Kubik S, Rebmann P, Klärner FG, Schrader T, Delarue Bizzini L, Mayor M, Biedermann F. Chirality sensing of terpenes, steroids, amino acids, peptides and drugs with acyclic cucurbit[n]urils and molecular tweezers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:4652-4655. [PMID: 32253396 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00707b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Achiral chromophoric hosts, i.e. acyclic cucurbit[n]urils and molecular tweezers, were found to respond with characteristic Circular Dichroism (CD) spectra to the presence of micromolar concentrations of chiral hydrocarbons, terpenes, steroids, amino acids and their derivates, and drugs in water. In favourable cases, this allows for analyte identification or for reaction monitoring.
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- Amrutha Prabodh
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry University of Basel St. Johanns-Ring 19 CH-4056 Basel Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) P. O. Box 3640 DE-76021 Karlsruhe Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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Brandl T, Kerzig C, Le Pleux L, Prescimone A, Wenger OS, Mayor M. Improved Photostability of a Cu I Complex by Macrocyclization of the Phenanthroline Ligands. Chemistry 2020; 26:3119-3128. [PMID: 31794079 PMCID: PMC7079024 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The development of molecular materials for conversion of solar energy into electricity and fuels is one of the most active research areas, in which the light absorber plays a key role. While copper(I)‐bis(diimine) complexes [CuI(L)2]+ are considered as potent substitutes for [RuII(bpy)3]2+, they exhibit limited structural integrity as ligand loss by substitution can occur. In this article, we present a new concept to stabilize copper bis(phenanthroline) complexes by macrocyclization of the ligands which are preorganized around the CuI ion. Using oxidative Hay acetylene homocoupling conditions, several CuI complexes with varying bridge length were prepared and analyzed. Absorption and emission properties are assessed; rewardingly, the envisioned approach was successful since the flexible 1,4‐butadiyl‐bridged complex does show enhanced MLCT absorption and emission, as well as improved photostability upon irradiation with a blue LED compared to a reference complex.
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- Thomas Brandl
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.,Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.,Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Bi H, Palma CA, Gong Y, Stallhofer K, Nuber M, Jing C, Meggendorfer F, Wen S, Yam C, Kienberger R, Elbing M, Mayor M, Iglev H, Barth JV, Reichert J. Electron–Phonon Coupling in Current-Driven Single-Molecule Junctions. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3384-3391. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Hai Bi
- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, P. R. China
- Department of Physics & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, 100084 Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, 100084 Beijing, P. R. China
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Applied Natural Sciences, TH Lübeck, Mönkhofer Weg 239, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Zwick P, Weiland KJ, Malinčík J, Stefani D, Häussinger D, van der Zant HSJ, Dulić D, Mayor M. Mechanical Fixation by Porphyrin Connection: Synthesis and Transport Studies of a Bicyclic Dimer. J Org Chem 2019; 85:118-128. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Patrick Zwick
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Physicaland Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile, Avenida Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago 8330015, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 510275 Guangzhou, China
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Bannwart LM, Rieder PS, Mayor M. 2-(3-Cyanopropyldimethylsilyl)ethyl as a Polar Sulfur Protecting Group. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2019. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Organosulfur compounds are ubiquitous in synthetic chemistry, biology and materials chemistry. The reactivity of free sulfhydryls requires their masking in many synthetic strategies. To facilitate the isolation of protected thiols by chromatography, we propose 2-(3-cyanopropyldimethylsilyl)ethyl as a polar protecting group analogue of 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl. The masked thiophenol is obtained in two synthetically complementing ways. Either an existing thiophenol is protected, or the protected thiol group is introduced by a cross-coupling reaction. In both cases the required reagents are readily available from inexpensive starting materials. Thiol protection and thiol introduction both tolerate a large variety of functional groups and substitution patterns, and the protected thiophenols are stable toward a broad range of reaction conditions. The stability of the protected derivatives in cross-coupling reactions and the mild reaction conditions for the release of the protecting group further emphasizes the potential of the methodology.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Basel; St. Johanns-Ring 19 4056 Basel Switzerland
- Institute for Nanotechnology (INT); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); P. O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM); School of Chemistry; Sun Yat-Sen University; 510275 Guangzhou China
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Luo YC, Chu KL, Shi JY, Wu DJ, Wang XD, Mayor M, Su CY. Heterogenization of Photochemical Molecular Devices: Embedding a Metal-Organic Cage into a ZIF-8-Derived Matrix To Promote Proton and Electron Transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:13057-13065. [PMID: 31343866 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Application of a molecular catalyst in artificial photosynthesis is confronted with challenges such as rapid deactivation due to photodegradation or detrimental aggregation in harsh conditions. In this work, a metal-organic cage [Pd6(RuL3)8]28+ (MOC-16), characteristic of a photochemical molecular device (PMD) concurrently integrating eight Ru2+ light-harvesting centers and six Pd2+ catalytic centers for efficient homogeneous H2 production, is successfully heterogenized through incorporation into a metal-organic framework (MOF) of ZIF-8 and then transformed into a carbonate matrix of Znx(MeIm)x(CO3)x (CZIF), leading to hybridized MOC-16@CZIF. This MOC@MOF integrated photocatalyst inherits a highly efficient and directional electron transfer in the picosecond domain of MOC-16 and possesses one order increased microsecond magnitude of the triplet excited-state electron in comparison to that of the primitive MOC-16. The carbonate CZIF matrix endows MOC-16@CZIF with water wettability, serving as a proton relay to facilitate proton delivery by virtue of H2O as proton carriers. Electron transfer during the photocatalytic process is also enhanced by infiltration of a sacrificial agent of BIH into the CZIF matrix to promote conductivity, owing to its strong reducing ability to induce free charge carriers. These synergistic effects contribute to the extra high activity for H2 generation, making the turnover frequency of this heterogeneous MOC-16@CZIF photocatalyst maintain a level of ∼0.4 H2·s-1, increased by 50-fold over that of a homogeneous PMD. Meanwhile, it is robust enough to tolerate harsh reaction conditions, presenting an unprecedented heterogenization example of homogeneous PMD with a MOF-derived matrix to mimic catalytic features of a natural photosystem, which may shed light on the design of multifunctional PMD@MOF materials to expand the number of molecular catalysts for practical application in artificial photosynthesis.
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- Yu-Cheng Luo
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China.,State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032 , China
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