Direct observation of single-molecule hydrogen-bond dynamics with single-bond resolution

Ce Zhou; Xingxing Li; Zhongliang Gong; Chuancheng Jia; Yuanwei Lin; Chunhui Gu; Gen He; Yuwu Zhong; Jinlong Yang; Xuefeng Guo

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03203-1

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Direct observation of single-molecule hydrogen-bond dynamics with single-bond resolution

Ce Zhou,
Xingxing Li,
Zhongliang Gong,
Chuancheng Jia,
Yuanwei Lin,
Chunhui Gu,
Gen He,
Yuwu Zhong,
Jinlong Yang,
Xuefeng Guo

Affiliations

Ce Zhou: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Xingxing Li: Hefei National Laboratory for Physics Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhongliang Gong: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chuancheng Jia: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Yuanwei Lin: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Chunhui Gu: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Gen He: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Yuwu Zhong: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinlong Yang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physics Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Xuefeng Guo: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03203-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Hydrogen-bonds are widely found in many systems, such as DNAs and supramolecular assemblies, but it remains challenging to detect their dynamics at a molecular level. Here, Zhou et al. study the stochastic arrangement of hydrogen bonds using single-molecule junctions connected to graphene electrodes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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