Bridging Electrochemistry and Ultrahigh Vacuum:“Unburying” the Electrode–Electrolyte Interface

RA Wong, Y Yokota, Y Kim - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Electrochemistry has a central role in addressing the societal issues of our time,
including the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and beyond. At a …

Gold surfaces and nanoparticles are protected by Au (0)–thiyl species and are destroyed when Au (I)–thiolates form

JR Reimers, MJ Ford, A Halder… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The synthetic chemistry and spectroscopy of sulfur-protected gold surfaces and
nanoparticles is analyzed, indicating that the electronic structure of the interface is Au (0) …

A 17 GHz molecular rectifier

J Trasobares, D Vuillaume, D Theron… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Molecular electronics originally proposed that small molecules sandwiched between
electrodes would accomplish electronic functions and enable ultimate scaling to be reached …

Probing consequences of anion-dictated electrochemistry on the electrode/monolayer/electrolyte interfacial properties

RA Wong, Y Yokota, M Wakisaka, J Inukai… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Altering electrochemical interfaces by using electrolyte effects or so-called “electrolyte
engineering” provides a versatile means to modulate the electrochemical response …

Stepping beyond cyclic voltammetry: Obtaining the electronic and structural properties of electrified solid–liquid interfaces

RA Wong, Y Yokota, Y Kim - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Classical electrochemical methods such as cyclic voltammetry and current–voltage
measurements provide a limited description of what is actually happening at the electrified …

Organization of alkane amines on a gold surface: Structure, surface dipole, and electron transfer

E de la Llave, R Clarenc, DJ Schiffrin… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Surface molecular self-assembly is a fast advancing field with broad applications in
molecular electronics, sensing and advanced materials. Although a large number of …

Discerning the redox-dependent electronic and interfacial structures in electroactive self-assembled monolayers

RA Wong, Y Yokota, M Wakisaka… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We explore the redox-dependent electronic and structural changes of ferrocene-terminated
self-assembled monolayers (Fc SAMs) immersed in aqueous solution. By exploiting X-ray …

Surface study of lithium–air battery oxygen cathodes in different solvent–electrolyte pairs

F Marchini, S Herrera, W Torres, AY Tesio, FJ Williams… - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
The O2/Li2O2 electrode reaction has been studied on low surface area Au electrodes in
three solvent–electrolyte pairs (0.1 M LiPF6/DMSO, LiPF6/ACN, and LiBF4/ACN) using an …

Monatomic iodine dielectric layer for multimodal optical spectroscopy of dye molecules on metal surfaces

Y Yokota, RA Wong, M Hong… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence and Raman scattering spectroscopies have been used in various research
fields such as chemistry, electrochemistry, and biochemistry because they can easily obtain …

Covalent Anchoring and Interfacial Reactions of Adsorbed Porphyrins on Rutile TiO2(110)

D Wechsler, CC Fernández… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Adsorption of 5-monocarboxyphenyl-10, 15, 20-triphenylporphyrin (MCTPP) to rutile TiO2
(110) at room temperature produces molecules on the surface covalently anchored through …