Single-molecule detection of dihydroazulene photo-thermal reaction using break junction technique

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Single-molecule detection of dihydroazulene photo-thermal reaction using break junction technique. / Huang, Cancan; Jevric, Martyn; Borges, Anders Christian; Olsen, Stine Tetzschner; Hamill, Joseph M.; Zheng, Jue Ting; Yang, Yang; Rudnev, Alexander; Baghernejad, Masoud; Broekmann, Peter; Petersen, Anne Ugleholdt; Wandlowski, Thomas; Mikkelsen, Kurt Valentin; Solomon, Gemma C.; Nielsen, Mogens Brøndsted; Hong, Wenjing.

I: Nature Communications, Bind 8, 15436, 2017.

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Huang, C, Jevric, M, Borges, AC, Olsen, ST, Hamill, JM, Zheng, JT, Yang, Y, Rudnev, A, Baghernejad, M, Broekmann, P, Petersen, AU, Wandlowski, T, Mikkelsen, KV, Solomon, GC, Nielsen, MB & Hong, W 2017, 'Single-molecule detection of dihydroazulene photo-thermal reaction using break junction technique', Nature Communications, bind 8, 15436. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15436

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Huang, C., Jevric, M., Borges, A. C., Olsen, S. T., Hamill, J. M., Zheng, J. T., Yang, Y., Rudnev, A., Baghernejad, M., Broekmann, P., Petersen, A. U., Wandlowski, T., Mikkelsen, K. V., Solomon, G. C., Nielsen, M. B., & Hong, W. (2017). Single-molecule detection of dihydroazulene photo-thermal reaction using break junction technique. Nature Communications, 8, [15436]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15436

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Huang C, Jevric M, Borges AC, Olsen ST, Hamill JM, Zheng JT o.a. Single-molecule detection of dihydroazulene photo-thermal reaction using break junction technique. Nature Communications. 2017;8. 15436. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15436

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Huang, Cancan ; Jevric, Martyn ; Borges, Anders Christian ; Olsen, Stine Tetzschner ; Hamill, Joseph M. ; Zheng, Jue Ting ; Yang, Yang ; Rudnev, Alexander ; Baghernejad, Masoud ; Broekmann, Peter ; Petersen, Anne Ugleholdt ; Wandlowski, Thomas ; Mikkelsen, Kurt Valentin ; Solomon, Gemma C. ; Nielsen, Mogens Brøndsted ; Hong, Wenjing. / Single-molecule detection of dihydroazulene photo-thermal reaction using break junction technique. I: Nature Communications. 2017 ; Bind 8.

Bibtex

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title = "Single-molecule detection of dihydroazulene photo-thermal reaction using break junction technique",
abstract = "Charge transport by tunnelling is one of the most ubiquitous elementary processes in nature. Small structural changes in a molecular junction can lead to significant difference in the single-molecule electronic properties, offering a tremendous opportunity to examine a reaction on the single-molecule scale by monitoring the conductance changes. Here, we explore the potential of the single-molecule break junction technique in the detection of photo-thermal reaction processes of a photochromic dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene system. Statistical analysis of the break junction experiments provides a quantitative approach for probing the reaction kinetics and reversibility, including the occurrence of isomerization during the reaction. The product ratios observed when switching the system in the junction does not follow those observed in solution studies (both experiment and theory), suggesting that the junction environment was perturbing the process significantly. This study opens the possibility of using nano-structured environments like molecular junctions to tailor product ratios in chemical reactions.",
author = "Cancan Huang and Martyn Jevric and Borges, {Anders Christian} and Olsen, {Stine Tetzschner} and Hamill, {Joseph M.} and Zheng, {Jue Ting} and Yang Yang and Alexander Rudnev and Masoud Baghernejad and Peter Broekmann and Petersen, {Anne Ugleholdt} and Thomas Wandlowski and Mikkelsen, {Kurt Valentin} and Solomon, {Gemma C.} and Nielsen, {Mogens Br{\o}ndsted} and Wenjing Hong",
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AU - Huang, Cancan

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AU - Borges, Anders Christian

AU - Olsen, Stine Tetzschner

AU - Hamill, Joseph M.

AU - Zheng, Jue Ting

AU - Yang, Yang

AU - Rudnev, Alexander

AU - Baghernejad, Masoud

AU - Broekmann, Peter

AU - Petersen, Anne Ugleholdt

AU - Wandlowski, Thomas

AU - Mikkelsen, Kurt Valentin

AU - Solomon, Gemma C.

AU - Nielsen, Mogens Brøndsted

AU - Hong, Wenjing

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N2 - Charge transport by tunnelling is one of the most ubiquitous elementary processes in nature. Small structural changes in a molecular junction can lead to significant difference in the single-molecule electronic properties, offering a tremendous opportunity to examine a reaction on the single-molecule scale by monitoring the conductance changes. Here, we explore the potential of the single-molecule break junction technique in the detection of photo-thermal reaction processes of a photochromic dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene system. Statistical analysis of the break junction experiments provides a quantitative approach for probing the reaction kinetics and reversibility, including the occurrence of isomerization during the reaction. The product ratios observed when switching the system in the junction does not follow those observed in solution studies (both experiment and theory), suggesting that the junction environment was perturbing the process significantly. This study opens the possibility of using nano-structured environments like molecular junctions to tailor product ratios in chemical reactions.

AB - Charge transport by tunnelling is one of the most ubiquitous elementary processes in nature. Small structural changes in a molecular junction can lead to significant difference in the single-molecule electronic properties, offering a tremendous opportunity to examine a reaction on the single-molecule scale by monitoring the conductance changes. Here, we explore the potential of the single-molecule break junction technique in the detection of photo-thermal reaction processes of a photochromic dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene system. Statistical analysis of the break junction experiments provides a quantitative approach for probing the reaction kinetics and reversibility, including the occurrence of isomerization during the reaction. The product ratios observed when switching the system in the junction does not follow those observed in solution studies (both experiment and theory), suggesting that the junction environment was perturbing the process significantly. This study opens the possibility of using nano-structured environments like molecular junctions to tailor product ratios in chemical reactions.

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