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| author | Bi, Liya Jamnuch, Sasawat Chen, Amanda Do, Alexandria Balto, Krista P. Wang, Zhe Zhu, Qingyi Wang, Yufei Zhang, Yanning Tao, Andrea R. Pascal, Tod A. Figueroa, Joshua S. Li, Shaowei |
| author_facet | Bi, Liya Jamnuch, Sasawat Chen, Amanda Do, Alexandria Balto, Krista P. Wang, Zhe Zhu, Qingyi Wang, Yufei Zhang, Yanning Tao, Andrea R. Pascal, Tod A. Figueroa, Joshua S. Li, Shaowei |
| contents | Direct imaging of single molecules at nanostructured interfaces is a grand challenge, with potential to enable new, precise material architectures and technologies. Of particular interest are the structural morphology and spectroscopic signatures of the adsorbed molecule, where modern probes are only now being developed with the necessary spatial and energetic resolution to provide detailed information at molecule-surface interface. Here, we directly visualize the binding of individual m-terphenyl isocyanide ligands to a reconstructed Au(111) surface through scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS). The site-dependent steric pressure of the various surface features alters the vibrational fingerprints of the m-terphenyl isocyanides, which is characterized with single-molecule precision through joint experimental and theoretical approaches. This study for the first time provides molecular-level insights into the steric-pressure-enabled surface binding selectivity, as well as its effect on the chemical properties of individual surface-binding ligands. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Molecular-Scale Visualization of Steric Effects of Ligand Binding to Reconstructed Au(111) Surfaces Bi, Liya Jamnuch, Sasawat Chen, Amanda Do, Alexandria Balto, Krista P. Wang, Zhe Zhu, Qingyi Wang, Yufei Zhang, Yanning Tao, Andrea R. Pascal, Tod A. Figueroa, Joshua S. Li, Shaowei Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Chemical Physics Direct imaging of single molecules at nanostructured interfaces is a grand challenge, with potential to enable new, precise material architectures and technologies. Of particular interest are the structural morphology and spectroscopic signatures of the adsorbed molecule, where modern probes are only now being developed with the necessary spatial and energetic resolution to provide detailed information at molecule-surface interface. Here, we directly visualize the binding of individual m-terphenyl isocyanide ligands to a reconstructed Au(111) surface through scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS). The site-dependent steric pressure of the various surface features alters the vibrational fingerprints of the m-terphenyl isocyanides, which is characterized with single-molecule precision through joint experimental and theoretical approaches. This study for the first time provides molecular-level insights into the steric-pressure-enabled surface binding selectivity, as well as its effect on the chemical properties of individual surface-binding ligands. |
| title | Molecular-Scale Visualization of Steric Effects of Ligand Binding to Reconstructed Au(111) Surfaces |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15840 |