Interfacial Electron Transfer from CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots to TiO2Nanoparticles: Linker Dependence at Single Molecule Level

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1064-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Pin Chang ◽  
Po-Yu Tsai ◽  
Hsin-Lung Lee ◽  
King-Chuen Lin
2013 ◽  
Vol 117 (46) ◽  
pp. 24462-24470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian F. A. Negre ◽  
Rebecca L. Milot ◽  
Lauren A. Martini ◽  
Wendu Ding ◽  
Robert H. Crabtree ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 699
Author(s):  
Rosalind P. Cox ◽  
Saman Sandanayake ◽  
Steven J. Langford ◽  
Toby D. M. Bell

Electron transfer (ET) is a key chemical reaction in nature and has been extensively studied in bulk systems, but remains challenging to investigate at the single-molecule level. A previously reported naphthalene diimide (NDI)-based system (Higginbotham et al., Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 5061–5063) displays delayed fluorescence with good quantum yield (~0.5) and long-lived (nanoseconds) prompt and delayed fluorescence lifetimes, providing an opportunity to interrogate the underlying ET processes in single molecules. Time-resolved single-molecule fluorescence measurements enabled forward and reverse ET rate constants to be calculated for 45 individual molecules embedded in poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) film. Interpretation of the results within the framework of Marcus–Hush theory for ET demonstrates that variation in both the electronic coupling and the driving force for ET is occurring from molecule to molecule within the PMMA film and over time for individual molecules.


2003 ◽  
Vol 115 (35) ◽  
pp. 4341-4346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roel Gronheid ◽  
Alina Stefan ◽  
Mircea Cotlet ◽  
Johan Hofkens ◽  
Jianqiag Qu ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 114 (45) ◽  
pp. 14309-14319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengye Jin ◽  
Robert C. Snoeberger ◽  
Abey Issac ◽  
David Stockwell ◽  
Victor S. Batista ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (9) ◽  
pp. 3407-3412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueqi Li ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Zixiao Wang ◽  
Yanjun Qiao ◽  
Jens Ulstrup ◽  
...  

Electron transfer reactions can now be followed at the single-molecule level, but the connection between the microscopic and macroscopic data remains to be understood. By monitoring the conductance of a single molecule, we show that the individual electron transfer reaction events are stochastic and manifested as large conductance fluctuations. The fluctuation probability follows first-order kinetics with potential dependent rate constants described by the Butler–Volmer relation. Ensemble averaging of many individual reaction events leads to a deterministic dependence of the conductance on the external electrochemical potential that follows the Nernst equation. This study discloses a systematic transition from stochastic kinetics of individual reaction events to deterministic thermodynamics of ensemble averages and provides insights into electron transfer processes of small systems, consisting of a single molecule or a small number of molecules.


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