Issue 15, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Single molecule level plasmonic catalysis – a dilution study of p-nitrothiophenol on gold dimers†

Zhenglong Zhang,a   Tanja Deckert-Gaudig,a   Pushkar Singha  and  Volker Deckert*ab  

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a Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
E-mail: volker.deckert@ipht-jena.de

b Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena, Germany

Abstract

Surface plasmons on isolated gold dimers can initiate intermolecular reactions of adsorbed p-nitrothiophenol. At the single molecule level when dimerization is not possible an intramolecular reaction can be observed. Experimental evidence indicates that plasmon-induced hot electrons provide the required activation energy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC09008J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Nov 2014
Accepted
06 Jan 2015
First published
07 Jan 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 3069-3072

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Single molecule level plasmonic catalysis – a dilution study of p-nitrothiophenol on gold dimers

Z. Zhang, T. Deckert-Gaudig, P. Singh and V. Deckert, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 3069 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09008J

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