Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry

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Authors

  • Lukas Krumbein
  • Kelvin Anggara
  • Martina Stella
  • Tomasz Michnowicz
  • Hannah Ochner
  • Sabine Abb
  • Gordon Rinke
  • André Portz
  • Michael Dürr
  • Uta Schlickum
  • Andrew Baldwin
  • Andrea Floris
  • Klaus Kern
  • Stephan Rauschenbach

External Research Organisations

  • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI-FKF)
  • Imperial College London
  • Justus Liebig University Giessen
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Lincoln
  • École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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Original languageEnglish
Article number056001
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume126
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2021
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Using electrospray ion beam deposition, we collide the complex molecule Reichardt's dye (C41H30NO+) at low, hyperthermal translational energy (2-50 eV) with a Cu(100) surface and image the outcome at single-molecule level by scanning tunneling microscopy. We observe bond-selective reaction induced by the translational kinetic energy. The collision impulse compresses the molecule and bends specific bonds, prompting them to react selectively. This dynamics drives the system to seek thermally inaccessible reactive pathways, since the compression timescale (subpicosecond) is much shorter than the thermalization timescale (nanosecond), thereby yielding reaction products that are unobtainable thermally.

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Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry. / Krumbein, Lukas; Anggara, Kelvin; Stella, Martina et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 126, No. 5, 056001, 01.02.2021.

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Krumbein, L, Anggara, K, Stella, M, Michnowicz, T, Ochner, H, Abb, S, Rinke, G, Portz, A, Dürr, M, Schlickum, U, Baldwin, A, Floris, A, Kern, K & Rauschenbach, S 2021, 'Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry', Physical review letters, vol. 126, no. 5, 056001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.056001
Krumbein, L., Anggara, K., Stella, M., Michnowicz, T., Ochner, H., Abb, S., Rinke, G., Portz, A., Dürr, M., Schlickum, U., Baldwin, A., Floris, A., Kern, K., & Rauschenbach, S. (2021). Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry. Physical review letters, 126(5), Article 056001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.056001
Krumbein L, Anggara K, Stella M, Michnowicz T, Ochner H, Abb S et al. Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry. Physical review letters. 2021 Feb 1;126(5):056001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.056001
Krumbein, Lukas ; Anggara, Kelvin ; Stella, Martina et al. / Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry. In: Physical review letters. 2021 ; Vol. 126, No. 5.
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