Plasmon-driven photocatalytic molecular transformations on metallic nanostructure surfaces: mechanistic insights gained from plasmon-enhanced Raman …

K Chen, H Wang - Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Optically excited plasmonic nanostructures exhibit unique capabilities to catalyze interfacial
chemical transformations of molecules adsorbed on their surfaces in a regioselective …

State of the art in dissociative electron attachment spectroscopy and its prospects

SA Pshenichnyuk, NL Asfandiarov, AS Vorob'ev… - Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The latest achievements are presented in experimental and theoretical studies of resonance
scattering of low-energy (0–15-eV) electrons from molecular targets in a gas phase resulting …

Self-constructed multiple plasmonic hotspots on an individual fractal to amplify broadband hot electron generation

X Wang, C Liu, C Gao, K Yao, SSM Masouleh… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanoparticles are ideal candidates for hot-electron-assisted applications, but
their narrow resonance region and limited hotspot number hindered the energy utilization of …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmonic reactivity of halogen thiophenols on gold nanoparticles studied by SERS and XPS

R Schürmann, A Dutta, K Ebel, K Tapio… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Localized surface plasmon resonances on noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) can efficiently
drive reactions of adsorbed ligand molecules and provide versatile opportunities in chemical …

The Role of Structural Flexibility in Plasmon‐Driven Coupling Reactions: Kinetic Limitations in the Dimerization of Nitro‐Benzenes

W Koopman, E Titov, RM Sarhan… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The plasmon‐driven dimerization of 4‐nitrothiophenol (4NTP) to 4‐4′‐
dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB) is a testbed for understanding bimolecular photoreactions …

Microscopic Understanding of Reaction Rates Observed in Plasmon Chemistry of Nanoparticle–Ligand Systems

R Schürmann, A Nagel, S Juergensen… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an effective and widely used technique to
study chemical reactions induced or catalyzed by plasmonic substrates, since the …

Unveiling the Mechanism of Plasmon Photocatalysis via Multiquantum Vibrational Excitation

J Jeong, HH Shin, ZH Kim - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Plasmon photocatalysis reactions are thought to occur through vibrationally activated
reactants, driven by nonthermal energy transfer from plasmon-induced hot carriers …

The electronic structure of the metal–organic interface of isolated ligand coated gold nanoparticles

R Schürmann, E Titov, K Ebel, S Kogikoski… - Nanoscale …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Light induced electron transfer reactions of molecules on the surface of noble metal
nanoparticles (NPs) depend significantly on the electronic properties of the metal–organic …

Vibrational Energy Flow in Molecules Attached to Plasmonic Nanoparticles

H Poudel, PH Shaon, DM Leitner - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ability to control chemical reactions involving molecules attached to plasmonic
nanoparticles requires information about vibrational energy flow. We compute the energy …

Underpotential Deposition of Silver on Gold for Surface Catalysis of Plasmon-Enhanced Reduction of 4-Nitrothiophenol

M Hong, Y Yokota, RA Wong… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Underpotential deposition (UPD) in electrochemistry can be used to form heterometal
deposits on substrates at a monolayer level, altering the surface characteristics. In this work …