Two distinctive energy migration pathways of monolayer molecules on metal nanoparticle surfaces

Jiebo Li; Huifeng Qian; Hailong Chen; Zhun Zhao; Kaijun Yuan; Guangxu Chen; Andrea Miranda; Xunmin Guo; Yajing Chen; Nanfeng Zheng; Michael S. Wong; Junrong Zheng

doi:10.1038/ncomms10749

Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Two distinctive energy migration pathways of monolayer molecules on metal nanoparticle surfaces

Jiebo Li,
Huifeng Qian,
Hailong Chen,
Zhun Zhao,
Kaijun Yuan,
Guangxu Chen,
Andrea Miranda,
Xunmin Guo,
Yajing Chen,
Nanfeng Zheng,
Michael S. Wong,
Junrong Zheng

Affiliations

Jiebo Li: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University
Huifeng Qian: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Hailong Chen: Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Zhun Zhao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Kaijun Yuan: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of the Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangxu Chen: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Andrea Miranda: Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Xunmin Guo: Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Yajing Chen: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of the Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanfeng Zheng: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Michael S. Wong: Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Junrong Zheng: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10749
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Energy migrations at metal nanomaterial surfaces are fundamentally important to heterogeneous reactions. Here, the authors employ ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy to show two distinctive energy migration pathways of monolayer adsorbate molecules on differently sized metal nanoparticle surfaces.

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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