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View article: Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Stimulated Dynamic and Resonant Catalysis
Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Stimulated Dynamic and Resonant Catalysis Open
Traditional heterogeneous catalysis is constrained by kinetic and thermodynamic limits, such as the Sabatier principle and reaction equilibrium. Dynamic and resonant catalysts hold promise to overcome these limitations by actively oscillat…
View article: Plasmon-Driven Chemistry
Plasmon-Driven Chemistry Open
Plasmonic nanomaterials are promising photocatalysts due to their large optical cross sections and facile generation of nanoscale hotspot regions. They have been used to drive a range of photochemical reactions, including H 2 dissociation,…
View article: Identifying driving and spectator phonon modes in pentacene exciton transport
Identifying driving and spectator phonon modes in pentacene exciton transport Open
In organic semiconductors, crystal packing motif is known to modify electronic properties, like exciton transport dynamics. Phonon vibrations can drive or hinder exciton transport and understanding the role of these intermolecular vibratio…
View article: Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective Open
This review comprehensively presents the fifty-year journey of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), covering its discovery, pivotal phases, innovative methods, and key inspirations from the pioneers and trailblazers.
View article: Impact of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis
Impact of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Catalysis Open
Catalysis stands as an indispensable cornerstone of modern society, underpinning the production of over 80% of manufactured goods and driving over 90% of industrial chemical processes. As the demand for more efficient and sustainable proce…
View article: Determination of Vibrational Motions Driving Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions in Molecular Crystals and Organic Thin Films
Determination of Vibrational Motions Driving Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions in Molecular Crystals and Organic Thin Films Open
The objective of this research is to develop an understanding of how nuclear motions can be used to drive and control photo-induced charge transfer and singlet fission reactions in molecular crystals and thin films. By following the struct…
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View article: Correction to “Ligand Chromophore Modification Approach for Predictive Incremental Tuning of Metal–Organic Framework Color”
Correction to “Ligand Chromophore Modification Approach for Predictive Incremental Tuning of Metal–Organic Framework Color” Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01603.].
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View article: Quantifying the ultrafast and steady-state molecular reduction potential of a plasmonic photocatalyst
Quantifying the ultrafast and steady-state molecular reduction potential of a plasmonic photocatalyst Open
Plasmonic materials are promising photocatalysts as they are well suited to convert light into hot carriers and heat. Hot electron transfer is suggested as the driving force in many plasmon-driven reactions. However, to date, there are no …
View article: Mastering Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: A Practical Guide
Mastering Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: A Practical Guide Open
Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) is a powerful nonlinear spectroscopic technique that probes changes in molecular and material structure with high temporal and spectral resolution. With proper spectral interpretation, this …
View article: Quantifying the Ultrafast and Steady-State Molecular Reduction Potential of a Plasmonic Photocatalyst
Quantifying the Ultrafast and Steady-State Molecular Reduction Potential of a Plasmonic Photocatalyst Open
Plasmonic materials are promising photocatalysts as they are well-suited to convert light into hot carriers and heat. Hot electron transfer is suggested as the driving force in many plasmon-driven reactions. However, to date there are no d…
View article: Ligand Chromophore Modification Approach for Predictive Incremental Tuning of Metal–Organic Framework Color
Ligand Chromophore Modification Approach for Predictive Incremental Tuning of Metal–Organic Framework Color Open
Color-tunable metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging materials for light harvesting, molecular sensing, biological imaging, and lighting applications, and their continued development necessitates straightforward and predictive approa…
View article: Continuous Wave Photon Upconversion from a Copper Selenide Nanocrystal Film
Continuous Wave Photon Upconversion from a Copper Selenide Nanocrystal Film Open
Photon upconversion is of great interest for improving the efficiency of silicon photovoltaic cells, for biological imaging, and for thermal management strategies. Currently, the vast majority of materials being developed for solar upconve…
View article: CCDC 2247335: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2247335: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: CCDC 2247336: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2247336: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Quantifying the Ultrafast and Steady-State Molecular Reduction Potential of a Plasmonic Photocatalyst
Quantifying the Ultrafast and Steady-State Molecular Reduction Potential of a Plasmonic Photocatalyst Open
Plasmonic materials are promising photocatalysts as they are well-suited to convert light into hot carriers and heat. Hot electron transfer is suggested as the driving force in many plasmon-driven reactions. However, to date there are no d…
View article: Synergies between polyacrylamide polymerization and nanoparticle generation using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet
Synergies between polyacrylamide polymerization and nanoparticle generation using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet Open
We performed a free radical polymerization of acrylamide in an aqueous solution by a radio frequency‐driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet. The polymerization was catalyzed by simultaneous generation of nanoparticles resulting in a percen…
View article: PROBING PLASMON-INDUCED TEMPERATURES IN FLUOROPHORE-PLASMONIC SYSTEMS USING RAMAN THERMOMETRY.
PROBING PLASMON-INDUCED TEMPERATURES IN FLUOROPHORE-PLASMONIC SYSTEMS USING RAMAN THERMOMETRY. Open
View article: Label-Free Super-Resolution Imaging Techniques
Label-Free Super-Resolution Imaging Techniques Open
Biological and material samples contain nanoscale heterogeneities that are unresolvable with conventional microscopy techniques. Super-resolution fluorescence methods can break the optical diffraction limit to observe these features, but t…
View article: Beyond single crystals: Imaging rubrene polymorphism across crystalline batches through lattice phonon Raman microscopy
Beyond single crystals: Imaging rubrene polymorphism across crystalline batches through lattice phonon Raman microscopy Open
Polymorphism is an issue troubling numerous scientific fields. A phenomenon where molecules can arrange in different orientations in a crystal lattice, polymorphism in the field of organic photovoltaic materials can dramatically change ele…
View article: Vibronic Coupling and Exciton Chirality: Electronic and Structural Rearrangement between Helical to Zero Momentum Molecular Exciton States
Vibronic Coupling and Exciton Chirality: Electronic and Structural Rearrangement between Helical to Zero Momentum Molecular Exciton States Open
Helical porphyrin aggregates are attractive macromolecular nanostructures for biomimetic light-harvesting and energy transfer in solar energy technology due to their large light absorbing cross sections and promising energy conservation be…
View article: Plasma-driven solution electrolysis
Plasma-driven solution electrolysis Open
Plasmas interacting with liquids enable the generation of a highly reactive interfacial liquid layer due to a variety of processes driven by plasma-produced electrons, ions, photons, and radicals. These processes show promise to enable sel…
View article: Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy – guided library mining leads to efficient singlet fission in rubrene derivatives
Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy – guided library mining leads to efficient singlet fission in rubrene derivatives Open
In the race to find efficient singlet fission materials, picking a winner is not easy. Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy can help us choose the best candidates, as demonstrated here in choosing from a library of rubrene derivatives.
View article: Quinine copolymer reporters promote efficient intracellular DNA delivery and illuminate a protein-induced unpackaging mechanism
Quinine copolymer reporters promote efficient intracellular DNA delivery and illuminate a protein-induced unpackaging mechanism Open
Significance Polymer-based vehicles that controllably deliver therapeutic nucleic acids to cells show great potential to develop safe and effective gene therapies. Realizing this potential, however, is limited by the lack of understanding …
View article: Plasmon-Mediated Intramolecular Methyl Migration with Nanoscale Spatial Control
Plasmon-Mediated Intramolecular Methyl Migration with Nanoscale Spatial Control Open
Plasmonic materials interact strongly with light to focus and enhance electromagnetic radiation down to nanoscale volumes. Due to this localized confinement, materials that support localized surface plasmon resonances are capable of drivin…
View article: Advances in Singlet Fission Chromophore Design Enabled by Vibrational Spectroscopies
Advances in Singlet Fission Chromophore Design Enabled by Vibrational Spectroscopies Open
Singlet fission leads to the formation of two separate triplet T1 excitons from an initial singlet S1 exciton through 1(TT) and 1(T...T), multiexcitonic intermediates that retain singlet character. Its ability to achieve external quantum e…
View article: Uncovering the Functional Role of Coherent Phonons during the Photoinduced Phase Transition in a Molecular Crystal
Uncovering the Functional Role of Coherent Phonons during the Photoinduced Phase Transition in a Molecular Crystal Open
The atomic motions that make up phonons and molecular vibrations in molecular crystals influence their photophysical and electronic properties, including polaron formation, carrier mobility, and phase transitions. Discriminating between sp…
View article: Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectro-microscopy for probing chemical reaction dynamics in solid-state materials
Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectro-microscopy for probing chemical reaction dynamics in solid-state materials Open
Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) is a chemically specific vibrational technique that has the ability to follow structural dynamics during photoinduced processes such as charge transfer on the ultrafast timescale. FSRS has a…
View article: Spatially Offset Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: Observing Exciton Transport through a Vibrational Lens
Spatially Offset Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: Observing Exciton Transport through a Vibrational Lens Open
To design better molecular electronic devices, we need a strong understanding of how charges or excitons propagate, as many efficiency losses arise during transport. Exciton transport has been difficult to study because excitons tend to be…