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- Jafri, Syed Hassan Mujtaba, 1979-, et al.
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Nanomolecular electronic devices based on AuNP molecule nanoelectrodes using molecular place-exchange process
- 2020
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Ingår i: Nanotechnology. - : IOP PUBLISHING LTD. - 0957-4484 .- 1361-6528. ; 31:22
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The implementation of electronics applications based on molecular electronics devices is hampered by the difficulty of placing a single or a few molecules with application-specific electronic properties in between metallic nanocontacts. Here, we present a novel method to fabricate 20 nm sized nanomolecular electronic devices (nanoMoED) using a molecular place-exchange process of nonconductive short alkyl thiolates with various short chain conductive oligomers. After the successful place-exchange with short-chain conjugated oligomers in the nanoMoED devices, a change in device resistance of up to four orders of magnitude for 4,4 '-biphenyldithiol (BPDT), and up to three orders of magnitude for oligo phenylene-ethynylene (OPE), were observed. The place-exchange process in nanoMoEDs are verified by measuring changes in device resistance during repetitive place-exchange processes between conductive and nonconductive molecules and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. This opens vast possibilities for the fabrication and application of nanoMoED devices with a large variety of molecules.
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- Calard, Francois, et al.
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Designing sterically demanding thiolate coated AuNPs for electrical characterization of BPDT in a NP-molecule-nanoelectrode platform
- 2017
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Ingår i: Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. - : ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY. - 2058-9689. ; 2:2, s. 133-139
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Molecular electronics with single or few molecules requires a stable metal-molecule nanojunction platform. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of gold nanoparticles coated with sterically demanding thiol ligands that are essential to fabricate a versatile and stable nanoelectrode-molecule-nanoparticle platform suitable for electrical characterization of small organic molecules. By combining.-tetraphenylmethane ether functionalized alkyl thioacetate and alkyl thiols, we prepared highly stable gold nanoparticles in a one-phase reaction providing simple and efficient purification. This robust preparation gives highly pure nanoparticles in very high yields (up to 90%) with long-time shelf stability. The synthesis in this work has superior reproducibility compared to previous synthesis processes that are currently being used for such molecular electronics platforms. Electron microscopy confirms the formation of uniform and small nanoparticles in the range of 5 to 7 nm. These nanoparticles with different ligand surface coverages were placed in a 20 nm nanoelectrode setup using dielectrophoretic forces. This setup was utilized to characterize the conductivity of the molecular wire 4,4'-biphenyldithiol introduced via ligand placeexchange under ambient conditions.
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- Sher, Omer, et al.
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Analysis of molecular ligand functionalization process in nano-molecular electronic devices containing densely packed nano-particle functionalization shells
- 2022
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Ingår i: Nanotechnology. - : IOP Publishing. - 0957-4484 .- 1361-6528. ; 33:25
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Molecular electronic devices based on few and single-molecules have the advantage that the electronic signature of the device is directly dependent on the electronic structure of the molecules as well as of the electrode-molecule junction. In this work, we use a two-step approach to synthesise functionalized nanomolecular electronic devices (nanoMoED). In first step we apply an organic solvent-based gold nanoparticle (AuNP) synthesis method to form either a 1-dodecanethiol or a mixed 1-dodecanethiol/omega-tetraphenyl ether substituted 1-dodecanethiol ligand shell. The functionalization of these AuNPs is tuned in a second step by a ligand functionalization process where biphenyldithiol (BPDT) molecules are introduced as bridging ligands into the shell of the AuNPs. From subsequent structural analysis and electrical measurements, we could observe a successful molecular functionalization in nanoMoED devices as well as we could deduce that differences in electrical properties between two different device types are related to the differences in the molecular functionalization process for the two different AuNPs synthesized in first step. The same devices yielded successful NO2 gas sensing. This opens the pathway for a simplified synthesis/fabrication of molecular electronic devices with application potential.
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- Wani, Ishtiaq Hassan, 1985-, et al.
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A sub 20 nm metal-conjugated molecule junction acting as a nitrogen dioxide sensor
- 2019
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Ingår i: Nanoscale. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 2040-3364 .- 2040-3372. ; 11:14, s. 6571-6575
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The interaction of a gas molecule with a sensing material causes the highest change in the electronic structure of the latter, when this material consists of only a few atoms. If the sensing material consists of a short, conductive molecule, the sensing action can be furthermore probed by connecting such molecules to nanoelectrodes. Here, we report that NO2 molecules that adhere to 4,4'-biphenyldithiol (BPDT) bound to Au surfaces lead to a change of the electrical transmission of the BPDT. The related device shows reproducible, stable measurements and is so far the smallest (<20 nm) gas sensor. It demonstrates modulation of charge transport through molecules upon exposure to nitrogen dioxide down to concentrations of 55 ppb. We have evaluated several devices and exposure conditions and obtained a close to linear dependence of the sensor response on the gas concentration.
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- Akkarasamiyo, Sunisa, et al.
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Tsuji-Trost Reaction of Non-Derivatized Allylic Alcohols
- 2018
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Ingår i: Chemistry - A European Journal. - : Wiley. - 0947-6539 .- 1521-3765. ; 24:14, s. 3488-3498
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution of non-derivatized enantioenriched allylic alcohols with a variety of uncharged N-, S-, C- and O-centered nucleophiles using a bidentate BiPhePhos ligand is described. A remarkable effect of the counter ion (X) of the XPd[kappa(2)-BiPhePhos][kappa(3)-C3H5] was observed. When ClPd[kappa(2)-BiPhePhos][eta(3)-C3H5] (complexI) was used as catalyst, non-reproducible results were obtained. Study of the complex by X-ray crystallography, (PNMR)-P-31 spectroscopy, and ESI-MS showed that a decomposition occurred where one of the phosphite ligands was oxidized to the corresponding phosphate, generating ClPd[kappa(1)-BiPhePhosphite-phosphate][eta(3)-C3H5] species (complexII). When the chloride was exchanged to the weaker coordinating OTf- counter ion the more stable Pd[kappa(2)-BiPhePhos][eta(3)-C3H5](+)+[OTf] (-) (complexIII) was formed. ComplexIII performed better and gave higher enantiospecificities in the substitution reactions. ComplexIII was evaluated in Tsuji-Trost reactions of stereogenic non-derivatized allylic alcohols. The desired products were obtained in good to excellent yields (71-98%) and enantiospecificities (73-99%) for both inter- and intramolecular substitution reactions with only water generated as a by-product. The methodology was applied to key steps in total synthesis of (S)-cuspareine and (+)-lentiginosine. A reaction mechanism involving a palladium hydride as a key intermediate in the activation of the hydroxyl group is proposed in the overall transformation.
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- Arkhypchuk, Anna I., et al.
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Isolation and Characterization of a Monoprotonated Hydroporphyrin
- 2018
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Ingår i: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. - : Wiley. - 1434-193X .- 1099-0690. ; :48, s. 7051-7056
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A simple protocol for the controlled preparation of mono- and diprotonated hydroporphyrins (chlorins) is presented. The chlorins carried 10-aryl groups with electron-neutral (phenyl), electron-donating (p-OMe-C6H4) or electron-withdrawing (pentafluorophenyl) substituents. The protonation reactions were readily followed by UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy, enabling the determination of the first (4.8-5.3) and second pK(a)'s (1.7-0.5). Both mono- and diprotonated species were fully characterized by H-1 NMR spectroscopy, which, in combination with theoretical studies, showed that these macrocycles were significantly distorted in solution. A 10-phenyl-substituted monoprotonated chlorin was characterized by X-ray crystallography. This is the first structurally characterized hydroporphyrin monocation, and the first crystal structure of a sterically unencumbered singly protonated tetrapyrrole. The photostabilities of the mono- and diprotonated 10-phenylchlorins were measured upon irradiation into their Soret bands; protonation yielded increased photostabilities.
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- Arkhypchuk, Anna I., et al.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Ferrocenyl Chlorins, 1,1'-Ferrocene-Linked Chlorin Dimers, and their BODIPY Analogues
- 2017
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Ingår i: Inorganic Chemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0020-1669 .- 1520-510X. ; 56:5, s. 3044-3054
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present the synthesis and characterization of meso-ferrocenyl-substituted hydroporphyrins (chlorins) and 1,1' -linked chlorin dimers. The dipyrromethane chlorin precursors were also transformed into Fc-substituted BODIPYs and 1,1'-ferrocenyl-linked BODIPY dimers. The chlorin dimers were studied by 1D and 2D NMR experiments and DFT calculations, which showed that their solution structures were dependent on the central metal. Monomeric and dimeric Ni(II) chlorins had similar H-1 NMR spectra. Monomeric and dimeric free base, Zn(II), and Pd(II) chlorins, on the other hand, showed significantly more different spectra. The eclipsed conformer of the free base chlorin dimer was calculated to be energetically more favored than the open form. The chlorin and BODIPY fluorescence emissions were quenched in the Fcsubstituted compounds; these could be recovered by oxidation of the Fe(II) center. Cyclic voltammetry showed up to five oxidation waves for the free base chlorin dimer, which suggests that the macrocycles were not behaving independently of each other.
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