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Scheuerer, Philipp ; Patera, Laerte L. ; Simbürger, Felix ; Queck, Fabian ; Swart, Ingmar ; Schuler, Bruno ; Gross, Leo ; Moll, Nikolaj ; Repp, Jascha

Charge-Induced Structural Changes in a Single Molecule Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy

Scheuerer, Philipp , Patera, Laerte L. , Simbürger, Felix, Queck, Fabian, Swart, Ingmar, Schuler, Bruno , Gross, Leo , Moll, Nikolaj und Repp, Jascha (2019) Charge-Induced Structural Changes in a Single Molecule Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy. Physical Review Letters 123, 066001.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.40671


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Intramolecular structural relaxations occurring upon electron transfer are crucial in determining the rate of redox reactions. Here, we demonstrate that subangstrom structural changes occurring upon single-electron charging can be quantified by means of atomically resolved atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the case of single copper(II)phthalocyanine (CuPc) molecules deposited on an ultrathin NaCl ...

Intramolecular structural relaxations occurring upon electron transfer are crucial in determining the rate of redox reactions. Here, we demonstrate that subangstrom structural changes occurring upon single-electron charging can be quantified by means of atomically resolved atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the case of single copper(II)phthalocyanine (CuPc) molecules deposited on an ultrathin NaCl film. Imaging the molecule in distinct charge states (neutral and anionic) reveals characteristic differences in the AFM contrast. In comparison to density functional theory simulations these changes in contrast can be directly related to relaxations of the molecule's geometric structure upon charging. The dominant contribution arises from a nonhomogeneous vertical relaxation of the molecule, caused by a change in the electrostatic interaction with the surface.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhysical Review Letters
Verlag:AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Ort der Veröffentlichung:COLLEGE PK
Band:123
Seitenbereich:066001
DatumAugust 2019
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik > Arbeitsgruppe Jascha Repp
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WertTyp
10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.066001DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsELECTRON-TRANSFER; STATE; RESOLUTION; ADSORPTION; SURFACE; SENSOR; SWITCH; CU;
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-406715
Dokumenten-ID40671

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