Investigation on novel chemical reaction induced at single molecular junction

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25620055
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Functional solid state chemistry
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KIGUCHI Manabu 東京工業大学, 理工学研究科, 教授 (70313020)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 単分子接合 / 光化学反応 / 金属ナノ構造体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we have got some results about photoreaction in metal nanogap. We shine the light to the Platinum nano junction in the presence of cis-1,2-DCE molecule, we observed conductance state whose conductance is 1 Go (=2e^2^/h). As we performed inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS), we observed vibration mode which did not observed without molecule. From the conductance and IETS measurements, we conclude that we succeed in the observation of the reaction which induced at Platinum nano junction.We also investigate the photoreaction induced at the nanogap using gold nano particle.

Free Research Field

物理化学