O2 Activation by Metal Surfaces: Implications for Bonding and Reactivity on Heterogeneous Catalysts

MM Montemore, MA Van Spronsen, RJ Madix… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The activation of O2 on metal surfaces is a critical process for heterogeneous catalysis and
materials oxidation. Fundamental studies of well-defined metal surfaces using a variety of …

Real-space studies of plasmon-induced dissociation reactions with an STM

E Kazuma - Bulletin of the Chemical society of Japan, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Molecular bond dissociation and formation reactions induced by localized surface plasmons
of metal nanostructures are promising reactions in terms of the effective utilization of …

Single‐Molecule Study of a Plasmon‐Induced Reaction for a Strongly Chemisorbed Molecule

E Kazuma, M Lee, J Jung, M Trenary… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical reactions induced by plasmons achieve effective solar‐to‐chemical energy
conversion. However, the mechanism of these reactions, which generate a strong electric …

Current-induced dissociation in molecular junctions beyond the paradigm of vibrational heating: The role of antibonding electronic states

A Erpenbeck, Y Ke, U Peskin, M Thoss - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The interaction between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom in single-molecule
junctions is an essential mechanism, which may result in the current-induced rupture of …

Current-induced bond rupture in single-molecule junctions

A Erpenbeck, C Schinabeck, U Peskin, M Thoss - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Electronic-vibrational coupling in single-molecule junctions may result in current-induced
bond rupture and is thus an important mechanism for the stability of molecular junctions. We …

Real-Space Observations of Multiple Reaction Pathways Enabled by Plasmonic Hot Carriers

E Kazuma, M Lee, J Jung, M Trenary… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic hot carriers generated by the decay of localized surface plasmons have the
potential to enable chemical reactions at energies lower than those required for …

Current-induced atomic motion, structural instabilities, and negative temperatures on molecule-electrode interfaces in electronic junctions

RJ Preston, VF Kershaw, DS Kosov - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Molecule-electrode interfaces in molecular electronic junctions are prone to chemical
reactions, structural changes, and localized heating effects caused by electric current. These …

Silver cluster supported on nitrogen-doped graphene as an electrocatalyst with high activity and stability for oxygen reduction reaction

S Jalili, EM Goliaei, J Schofield - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2017 - Elsevier
An Ag 8 cluster deposited on three different types of nitrogen (N)-doped graphene was
studied using density functional theory calculations with empirical pair potentials (DFT-D) …

Adsorption, diffusion, and vibration of oxygen on

TB Rawal, S Hong, A Pulkkinen, M Alatalo, TS Rahman - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We have employed ab initio density functional theory (DFT) to study the adsorption,
dissociation, diffusion, and vibration of oxygen on Ag (110). We find that the fourfold-hollow …

Dissociative dynamics of O 2 on Ag (110)

I Lončarić, M Alducin, JI Juaristi - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the dissociative dynamics of O2 on Ag (110) by performing classical and
quasiclassical trajectory calculations on an adiabatic six-dimensional potential energy …