Bond selectivity in electron-induced reaction due to directed recoil on an anisotropic substrate

Kelvin Anggara; Kai Huang; Lydie Leung; Avisek Chatterjee; Fang Cheng; John C. Polanyi

doi:10.1038/ncomms13690

Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Bond selectivity in electron-induced reaction due to directed recoil on an anisotropic substrate

Kelvin Anggara,
Kai Huang,
Lydie Leung,
Avisek Chatterjee,
Fang Cheng,
John C. Polanyi

Affiliations

Kelvin Anggara: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Optical Sciences, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto
Kai Huang: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Optical Sciences, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto
Lydie Leung: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Optical Sciences, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto
Avisek Chatterjee: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Optical Sciences, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto
Fang Cheng: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Optical Sciences, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto
John C. Polanyi: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Optical Sciences, Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13690
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The ability to selectively break a chemical bond in a molecule is indispensable to chemical synthesis. Here, the authors show that a hundred-fold bond selectivity can be obtained in electron-induced surface reaction due simply to different bond alignments at the surface.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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