College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.
Molecules. 2023 Jun 24;28(13):4968. doi: 10.3390/molecules28134968.
The role of catalysis in controlling chemical reactions is crucial. As an important external stimulus regulatory tool, electric field (EF) catalysis enables further possibilities for chemical reaction regulation. To date, the regulation mechanism of electric fields and electrons on chemical reactions has been modeled. The electric field at the single-molecule electronic scale provides a powerful theoretical weapon to explore the dynamics of individual chemical reactions. The combination of electric fields and single-molecule electronic techniques not only uncovers new principles but also results in the regulation of chemical reactions at the single-molecule scale. This perspective focuses on the recent electric field-catalyzed, single-molecule chemical reactions and assembly, and highlights promising outlooks for future work in single-molecule catalysis.
催化在控制化学反应中起着至关重要的作用。电场（EF）催化作为一种重要的外部刺激调控工具，为化学反应调控带来了更多的可能性。迄今为止，已经对电场和电子对化学反应的调控机制进行了建模。单分子电子尺度的电场为探索单个化学反应的动力学提供了强大的理论武器。电场与单分子电子技术的结合不仅揭示了新的原理，而且实现了单分子尺度上的化学反应调控。本综述聚焦于近期电场催化的单分子化学反应和组装，并对单分子催化领域未来的工作提出了有前景的展望。
