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Probing Single-Molecule Dissociations from a Bimolecular Complex NO–Co-Porphyrin
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posted on 2015-07-28, 00:00 authored by Howon Kim, Yun Hee Chang, Won-Jun Jang, Eui-Sup Lee, Yong-Hyun Kim, Se-Jong KahngAxial coordinations of diatomic NO molecules to metalloporphyrins play key roles in dynamic processes of biological functions such as blood pressure control and immune response. Probing such reactions at the single molecule level is essential to understand their physical mechanisms but has been rarely performed. Here we report on our single molecule dissociation experiments of diatomic NO from NO–Co-porphyrin complexes describing its dissociation mechanisms. Under tunneling junctions of scanning tunneling microscope, both positive and negative energy pulses gave rise to dissociations of NO with threshold voltages, +0.68 and −0.74 V at 0.1 nA tunneling current on Au(111). From the observed power law relations between dissociation rate and tunneling current, we argue that the dissociations were inelastically induced with molecular orbital resonances by stochastically tunneling electrons, which is supported with our density functional theory calculations. Our study shows that single molecule dissociation experiments can be used to probe reaction mechanisms in a variety of axial coordinations between small molecules and metalloporphyrins.
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theory calculationsenergy pulsesdissociation rateblood pressure controltunneling junctionsdissociation mechanismsthreshold voltages0.1 nA tunnelingBimolecular Complexmolecule dissociation experimentspower law relationsprobe reaction mechanismsmolecule levelscanning tunneling microscopestochastically tunneling electrons
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