Zheng Jueting, Liu Junyang, Zhuo Yijing, Li Ruihao, Jin Xi, Yang Yang, Chen Zhao-Bin, Shi Jia, Xiao Zongyuan, Hong Wenjing, Tian Zhong-Qun
State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces , College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology , Graphene Industry and Engineering Research Institute , iChEM , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , China . Email:
Chem Sci. 2018 May 1;9(22):5033-5038. doi: 10.1039/c8sc00727f. eCollection 2018 Jun 14.
We applied a combination of mechanically controllable break junction (MCBJ) and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) methods to investigate the long-standing single-molecule conductance discrepancy of prototypical benzene-1,4-dithiol () junctions. Single-molecule conductance characterization, together with configuration analysis of the molecular junction, suggested that disulfide-mediated dimerization of contributed to the low conductance feature, which was further verified by the detection of S-S bond formation through SERS characterization. Control experiments demonstrated that the disulfide-mediated dimerization could be tuned the chemical inhibitor. Our findings suggest that a combined electrical and SERS method is capable of probing chemical reactions at the single-molecule level.
我们应用了机械可控断裂结(MCBJ)和表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)相结合的方法,来研究典型的苯-1,4-二硫醇()结长期存在的单分子电导差异。单分子电导表征以及分子结的构型分析表明,的二硫键介导的二聚化导致了低电导特征,通过SERS表征检测到S-S键形成进一步证实了这一点。对照实验表明,二硫键介导的二聚化可以通过化学抑制剂进行调节。我们的研究结果表明,电学和SERS相结合的方法能够在单分子水平上探测化学反应。