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Primera-Pedrozo OM, Tan S, Zhang D, O'Callahan BT, Cao W, Baxter ET, Wang XB, El-Khoury PZ, Prabhakaran V, Glezakou VA, Johnson GE. Influence of surface and intermolecular interactions on the properties of supported polyoxometalates. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:5786-5797. [PMID: 36857667 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06148a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Polyoxometalates (POMs) with localized radical or open-shell metal sites have the potential to be used as transformative electronic spin based molecular qubits (MQs) for quantum computing (QC). For practical applications, MQs have to be immobilized in electronically or optically addressable arrays which introduces interactions with supports as well as neighboring POMs. Herein, we synthesized Keggin POMs with both tungsten (W) and vanadium (V) addenda atoms. Ion soft landing, a highly-controlled surface modification technique, was used to deliver mass-selected V-doped POMs to different self-assembled monolayer surfaces on gold (SAMs) without the solvent, counterions, and contaminants that normally accompany deposition from solution. Alkylthiol, perfluorinated, and carboxylic-acid terminated monolayers were employed as representative model supports on which different POM-surface and POM-POM interactions were characterized. We obtained insights into the vibrational properties of supported V-doped POMs and how they are perturbed by interactions with specific surface functional groups using infrared reflection absorption and scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy, as well as tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Different functional groups on SAMs and nanoscale heterogeneity are both shown to modulate the observed spectroscopic signatures. Spectral shifts are also found to be dependent on POM-POM interactions. The electronic structure of the V-doped POMs was determined in the gas phase using negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy and on surfaces with scanning Kelvin probe microscopy. The chemical functionality and charge transfer properties of the SAMs are demonstrated to exert an influence on the charge state and electronic configuration of supported V-doped POMs. The geometric and electronic structure of the POMs were also calculated using density functional theory. Our joint experimental and theoretical findings provide insight into how V substitution as well as POM-surface and POM-POM interactions influence the vibrational properties of POMs.
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- Oliva M Primera-Pedrozo
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN K8-88, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, P.O. Box 999, MSIN J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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Esser TK, Böhning J, Fremdling P, Bharat T, Gault J, Rauschenbach S. Cryo-EM samples of gas-phase purified protein assemblies using native electrospray ion-beam deposition. Faraday Discuss 2022; 240:67-80. [PMID: 36065984 PMCID: PMC9641999 DOI: 10.1039/d2fd00065b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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An increasing number of studies on biomolecular function indirectly combine mass spectrometry (MS) with imaging techniques such as cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This approach allows information on the homogeneity, stoichiometry, shape, and interactions of native protein complexes to be obtained, complementary to high-resolution protein structures. We have recently demonstrated TEM sample preparation via native electrospray ion-beam deposition (ES-IBD) as a direct link between native MS and cryo-EM. This workflow forms a potential new route to the reliable preparation of homogeneous cryo-EM samples and a better understanding of the relation between native solution-phase and native-like gas-phase structures. However, many aspects of the workflow need to be understood and optimized to obtain performance comparable to that of state-of-the-art cryo-EM. Here, we expand on the previous discussion of key factors by probing the effects of substrate type and deposition energy. We present and discuss micrographs from native ES-IBD samples with amorphous carbon, graphene, and graphene oxide, as well as landing energies in the range between 2 and 150 eV per charge.
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- Tim K. Esser
- Department of Chemistry, University of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TFUK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of OxfordSouth Parks RoadOxfordOX1 3REUK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TFUK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of OxfordSouth Parks RoadOxfordOX1 3REUK,Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyFrancis Crick AvenueCambridgeCB2 0QHUK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TFUK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TFUK,Max Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchHeisenbergstrasse 1StuttgartDE-70569Germany
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Zyubina TS, Zyubin AS, Korchun AV, Evshchik EY, Kolmakov VG, Kislov DA, Dobrovolsky YA. Lithiation of a Silicon Oxide Cluster Adsorbed onto Graphene Oxide: Quantum-Chemical Simulation. RUSS J INORG CHEM+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036023622600708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Fremdling P, Esser TK, Saha B, Makarov AA, Fort KL, Reinhardt-Szyba M, Gault J, Rauschenbach S. A Preparative Mass Spectrometer to Deposit Intact Large Native Protein Complexes. ACS NANO 2022; 16:14443-14455. [PMID: 36037396 PMCID: PMC9527803 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c04831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electrospray ion-beam deposition (ES-IBD) is a versatile tool to study the structure and reactivity of molecules from small metal clusters to large protein assemblies. It brings molecules gently into the gas phase, where they can be accurately manipulated and purified, followed by controlled deposition onto various substrates. In combination with imaging techniques, direct structural information on well-defined molecules can be obtained, which is essential to test and interpret results from indirect mass spectrometry techniques. To date, ion-beam deposition experiments are limited to a small number of custom instruments worldwide, and there are no commercial alternatives. Here we present a module that adds ion-beam deposition capabilities to a popular commercial MS platform (Thermo Scientific Q Exactive UHMR mass spectrometer). This combination significantly reduces the overhead associated with custom instruments, while benefiting from established high performance and reliability. We present current performance characteristics including beam intensity, landing-energy control, and deposition spot size for a broad range of molecules. In combination with atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), we distinguish near-native from unfolded proteins and show retention of the native shape of protein assemblies after dehydration and deposition. Further, we use an enzymatic assay to quantify the activity of a noncovalent protein complex after deposition on a dry surface. Together, these results not only indicate a great potential of ES-IBD for applications in structural biology, but also outline the challenges that need to be solved for it to reach its full potential.
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- Paul Fremdling
- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Thermo
Fisher Scientific, Bremen 28199, Germany
- Biomolecular
Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular
Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584
CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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Esser TK, Böhning J, Fremdling P, Agasid MT, Costin A, Fort K, Konijnenberg A, Gilbert JD, Bahm A, Makarov A, Robinson CV, Benesch JLP, Baker L, Bharat TAM, Gault J, Rauschenbach S. Mass-selective and ice-free electron cryomicroscopy protein sample preparation via native electrospray ion-beam deposition. PNAS NEXUS 2022; 1:pgac153. [PMID: 36714824 PMCID: PMC9802471 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Despite tremendous advances in sample preparation and classification algorithms for electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) and single-particle analysis (SPA), sample heterogeneity remains a major challenge and can prevent access to high-resolution structures. In addition, optimization of preparation conditions for a given sample can be time-consuming. In the current work, it is demonstrated that native electrospray ion-beam deposition (native ES-IBD) is an alternative, reliable approach for the preparation of extremely high-purity samples, based on mass selection in vacuum. Folded protein ions are generated by native electrospray ionization, separated from other proteins, contaminants, aggregates, and fragments, gently deposited on cryo-EM grids, frozen in liquid nitrogen, and subsequently imaged by cryo-EM. We demonstrate homogeneous coverage of ice-free cryo-EM grids with mass-selected protein complexes. SPA reveals that the complexes remain folded and assembled, but variations in secondary and tertiary structures are currently limiting information in 2D classes and 3D EM density maps. We identify and discuss challenges that need to be addressed to obtain a resolution comparable to that of the established cryo-EM workflow. Our results show the potential of native ES-IBD to increase the scope and throughput of cryo-EM for protein structure determination and provide an essential link between gas-phase and solution-phase protein structures.
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hanna-Kunath-Straße 11, 28199 Bremen, Germany
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Zwaanstraat 31G/H, 5651 CA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, 5350 NE Dawson Creek Drive, Hillsboro, OR 97124, USA
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, 5350 NE Dawson Creek Drive, Hillsboro, OR 97124, USA
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hanna-Kunath-Straße 11, 28199 Bremen, Germany,Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK,Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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Walz A, Stoiber K, Huettig A, Schlichting H, Barth JV. Navigate Flying Molecular Elephants Safely to the Ground: Mass-Selective Soft Landing up to the Mega-Dalton Range by Electrospray Controlled Ion-Beam Deposition. Anal Chem 2022; 94:7767-7778. [PMID: 35609119 PMCID: PMC9178560 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The prototype of a highly versatile and efficient preparative mass spectrometry system used for the deposition of molecules in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) is presented, along with encouraging performance data obtained using four model species that are thermolabile or not sublimable. The test panel comprises two small organic compounds, a small and very large protein, and a large DNA species covering a 4-log mass range up to 1.7 MDa as part of a broad spectrum of analyte species evaluated to date. Three designs of innovative ion guides, a novel digital mass-selective quadrupole (dQMF), and a standard electrospray ionization (ESI) source are combined to an integrated device, abbreviated electrospray controlled ion-beam deposition (ES-CIBD). Full control is achieved by (i) the square-wave-driven radiofrequency (RF) ion guides with steadily tunable frequencies, including a dQMF allowing for investigation, purification, and deposition of a virtually unlimited m/z range, (ii) the adjustable landing energy of ions down to ∼2 eV/z enabling integrity-preserving soft landing, (iii) the deposition in UHV with high ion beam intensity (up to 3 nA) limiting contaminations and deposition time, and (iv) direct coverage control via the deposited charge. The maximum resolution of R = 650 and overall efficiency up to Ttotal = 4.4% calculated from the solution to UHV deposition are advantageous, whereby the latter can be further enhanced by optimizing ionization performance. In the setup presented, a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is attached for in situ UHV investigations of deposited species, demonstrating a selective, structure-preserving process and atomically clean layers.
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- Andreas Walz
- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Gurrentz JM, Jarvis KA, Gearba-Dolocan IR, Rose MJ. Atomic Layer Deposited Al2O3 as a Protective Overlayer for Focused Ion Beam Preparation of Plan-View STEM Samples. Ultramicroscopy 2022; 239:113562. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Moors M, Warneke J, López X, de Graaf C, Abel B, Monakhov KY. Insights from Adsorption and Electron Modification Studies of Polyoxometalates on Surfaces for Molecular Memory Applications. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:3377-3389. [PMID: 34427081 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This Account highlights recent experimental and theoretical work focusing on the development of polyoxometalates (POMs) as possible active switching units in what may be called "molecule-based memory cells". Herein, we critically discuss how multiply charged vanadium-containing POMs, which exhibit stable metal-oxo bonds and are characterized by the excellent ability to change their redox states without significant structural distortions of the central polyoxoanion core, can be immobilized best and how they may work optimally at appropriate surfaces. Furthermore, we critically discuss important issues and challenges on the long way toward POM-based nanoelectronics. This Account is divided into four sections shedding light on POM interplay in solution and on surfaces, ion soft-landing of mass-selected POMs on surfaces, electronic modification of POMs on surfaces, and computational modeling of POMs on surfaces. The sections showcase the complex nature of far-reaching POM interactions with the chemical surroundings in solution and the properties of POMs in the macroscopic environment of electrode surfaces. Section 2 describes complex relationships of POMs with their counter-cations, solvent molecules, and water impurities, which have been shown to exhibit a direct impact on the resulting surface morphology, where a concentration-dependent formation of micellar structures can be potentially observed. Section 3 gives insights into the ion soft-landing deposition of mass-selected POMs on electrode surfaces, which emerges as an appealing method because the simultaneous deposition of agglomeration-stimulating counter-cations can be avoided. Section 4 provides details of electronic properties of POMs and their modification by external electronic stimuli toward the development of multiple-state resistive (memristive) switches. Section 5 sheds light on issues of the determination of the electronic structure properties of POMs across their interfaces, which is difficult to address by experiment. The studies summarized in these four sections have employed various X-ray-scattering, microscopy, spectroscopy, and computational techniques for imaging of POM interfaces in solution and on surfaces to determine the adsorption type, agglomeration tendency, distribution, and oxidation state of deposited molecules. The presented research findings and conceptual ideas may assist experimentalists and theoreticians to advance the exploration of POM electrical conductivity as a function of metal redox and spin states and to pave the way for a realization of ("brain-inspired") POM-based memory devices, memristive POM-surface device engineering, and energy efficient nonvolatile data storage and processing technologies.
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- Marco Moors
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leipzig University, Linnéstr. 2, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, c/Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, c/Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leipzig University, Linnéstr. 2, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Rinke G, Harnau L, Rauschenbach S. Material and Charge Transport of Large Organic Salt Clusters and Nanoparticles in Electrospray Ion Beam Deposition. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:1648-1658. [PMID: 33656859 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Electrospray ion beam deposition (ES-IBD) or ion soft landing has been demonstrated as a technique suitable for processing nonvolatile molecules in vacuum under perfectly controlled conditions, an approach also desirable for the deposition of nanoparticles. Here, we present results from several approaches to generate, characterize, and deposit nanoparticle ion beams in vacuum for deposition. We focus on cluster ion beams generated by ESI of organic salt solutions. Small cluster ions of the salts appear in the mass spectra as defined peaks. In addition, we find nanoparticle-sized aggregates, appearing as a low intensity background at high m/z-ratio, and show by IBD experiments that these clusters carry the major amount of material in the ion beam. This transition from clusters to nanoparticles, and their successful deposition, shows that ES-IBD can in principle handle ion beams of very heavy and highly charged nanoparticles. In related experiments, however, we found the deposition of nanoparticles from dispersions to be of low reproducibility, due to the lack of control by mass spectrometry.
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- Gordon Rinke
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Jordan JW, Fung KLY, Skowron ST, Allen CS, Biskupek J, Newton GN, Kaiser U, Khlobystov AN. Single-molecule imaging and kinetic analysis of intermolecular polyoxometalate reactions. Chem Sci 2021; 12:7377-7387. [PMID: 34163827 PMCID: PMC8171355 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01874d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We induce and study reactions of polyoxometalate (POM) molecules, [PW12O40]3- (Keggin) and [P2W18O62]6- (Wells-Dawson), at the single-molecule level. Several identical carbon nanotubes aligned side by side within a bundle provided a platform for spatiotemporally resolved imaging of ca. 100 molecules encapsulated within the nanotubes by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Due to the entrapment of POM molecules their proximity to one another is effectively controlled, limiting molecular motion in two dimensions but leaving the third dimension available for intermolecular reactions between pairs of neighbouring molecules. By coupling the information gained from high resolution structural and kinetics experiments via the variation of key imaging parameters in the TEM, we shed light on the reaction mechanism. The dissociation of W-O bonds, a key initial step of POM reactions, is revealed to be reversible by the kinetic analysis, followed by an irreversible bonding of POM molecules to their nearest neighbours, leading to a continuous tungsten oxide nanowire, which subsequently transforms into amorphous tungsten-rich clusters due to progressive loss of oxygen atoms. The overall intermolecular reaction can therefore be described as a step-wise reductive polycondensation of POM molecules, via an intermediate state of an oxide nanowire. Kinetic analysis enabled by controlled variation of the electron flux in TEM revealed the reaction to be highly flux-dependent, which leads to reaction rates too fast to follow under the standard TEM imaging conditions. Although this presents a challenge for traditional structural characterisation of POM molecules, we harness this effect by controlling the conditions around the molecules and tuning the imaging parameters in TEM, which combined with theoretical modelling and image simulation, can shed light on the atomistic mechanisms of the reactions of POMs. This approach, based on the direct space and real time chemical reaction analysis by TEM, adds a new method to the arsenal of single-molecule kinetics techniques.
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- Jack W Jordan
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
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- Electron Physical Science Imaging Center, Diamond Light Source Ltd. Didcot OX11 0DE UK
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3HP UK
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- Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University 89081 Ulm Germany
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- GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2TU UK
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- Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University 89081 Ulm Germany
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
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Kornilov DY, Gubin SP. Graphene Oxide: Structure, Properties, Synthesis, and Reduction (A Review). RUSS J INORG CHEM+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036023620130021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chilivery R, Begum G, Chaitanya V, Rana RK. Tunable Surface Wrinkling by a Bio‐Inspired Polyamine Anion Coacervation Process that Mediates the Assembly of Polyoxometalate Nanoclusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201913492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Rakesh Chilivery
- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine ChemicalsCSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 500007 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Ghaziabad 201002 India
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- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine ChemicalsCSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 500007 India
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- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine ChemicalsCSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 500007 India
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- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine ChemicalsCSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 500007 India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Ghaziabad 201002 India
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Chilivery R, Begum G, Chaitanya V, Rana RK. Tunable Surface Wrinkling by a Bio-Inspired Polyamine Anion Coacervation Process that Mediates the Assembly of Polyoxometalate Nanoclusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:8160-8165. [PMID: 31957956 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A bio-inspired method is used to render controlled wrinkling surface patterns on supramolecular architectures assembled from polyoxometalate (POM) clusters. It involves a polyamine-multivalent anion interaction generating positively charged coacervates, which while dictating the assembly of POM into spherical structures further facilitate an interesting surface morphogenesis with wrinkling patterns. This spontaneous surface wrinkling depends on the type of multivalent anion and the pH. As the polyamine-anion interaction becomes stronger, the wrinkles turn denser with lesser depth, which eventually undergoes post-buckling to engender a complex surface pattern. Interestingly, the order of influence exerted by different anions on the morphology follows the Hofmeister series. Moreover, the mild synthesis conditions keep the functional POM units dispersed in the sphere with a structural transformability to their lacunary form.
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- Rakesh Chilivery
- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine Chemicals, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine Chemicals, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India
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- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine Chemicals, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India
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- Nanomaterials Laboratory, Catalysis and Fine Chemicals, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Vats N, Wang Y, Sen S, Szilagyi S, Ochner H, Abb S, Burghard M, Sigle W, Kern K, van Aken PA, Rauschenbach S. Substrate-Selective Morphology of Cesium Iodide Clusters on Graphene. ACS NANO 2020; 14:4626-4635. [PMID: 32283013 PMCID: PMC7304923 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b10053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Formation and characterization of low-dimensional nanostructures is crucial for controlling the properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene. Here, we study the structure of low-dimensional adsorbates of cesium iodide (CsI) on free-standing graphene using aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy at atomic resolution. CsI is deposited onto graphene as charged clusters by electrospray ion-beam deposition. The interaction with the electron beam forms two-dimensional CsI crystals only on bilayer graphene, while CsI clusters consisting of 4, 6, 7, and 8 ions are exclusively observed on single-layer graphene. Chemical characterization by electron energy-loss spectroscopy imaging and precise structural measurements evidence the possible influence of charge transfer on the structure formation of the CsI clusters and layers, leading to different distances of the Cs and I to the graphene.
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- Nilesh Vats
- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institut
de Physique de la Matière Condensée, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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Cherevan AS, Nandan SP, Roger I, Liu R, Streb C, Eder D. Polyoxometalates on Functional Substrates: Concepts, Synergies, and Future Perspectives. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1903511. [PMID: 32328431 PMCID: PMC7175252 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Polyoxometalates (POMs) are molecular metal oxide clusters that feature a broad range of structures and functionalities, making them one of the most versatile classes of inorganic molecular materials. They have attracted widespread attention in homogeneous catalysis. Due to the challenges associated with their aggregation, precipitation, and degradation under operational conditions and to extend their scope of applications, various strategies of depositing POMs on heterogeneous substrates have been developed. Recent ground-breaking developments in the materials chemistry of supported POM composites are summarized and links between molecular-level understanding of POM-support interactions and macroscopic effects including new or optimized reactivities, improved stability, and novel function are established. Current limitations and future challenges in studying these complex composite materials are highlighted, and cutting-edge experimental and theoretical methods that will lead to an improved understanding of synergisms between POM and support material from the molecular through to the nano- and micrometer level are discussed. Future development in this fast-moving field is explored and emerging fields of research in POM heterogenization are identified.
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- Alexey S. Cherevan
- Institute of Materials ChemistryVienna University of TechnologyGetreidemarkt 9/BC/02Vienna1060Austria
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- Institute of Materials ChemistryVienna University of TechnologyGetreidemarkt 9/BC/02Vienna1060Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry IUlm UniversityAlbert‐Einstein‐Allee 11Ulm89081Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry IUlm UniversityAlbert‐Einstein‐Allee 11Ulm89081Germany
- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and EngineeringInstitute of Process EngineeringChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190China
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry IUlm UniversityAlbert‐Einstein‐Allee 11Ulm89081Germany
- Helmholtz‐Institute UlmHelmholtzstr. 11Ulm89081Germany
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- Institute of Materials ChemistryVienna University of TechnologyGetreidemarkt 9/BC/02Vienna1060Austria
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Jordan JW, Lowe GA, McSweeney RL, Stoppiello CT, Lodge RW, Skowron ST, Biskupek J, Rance GA, Kaiser U, Walsh DA, Newton GN, Khlobystov AN. Host-Guest Hybrid Redox Materials Self-Assembled from Polyoxometalates and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1904182. [PMID: 31448465 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201904182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The development of next-generation molecular-electronic, electrocatalytic, and energy-storage systems depends on the availability of robust materials in which molecular charge-storage sites and conductive hosts are in intimate contact. It is shown here that electron transfer from single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to polyoxometalate (POM) clusters results in the spontaneous formation of host-guest POM@SWNT redox-active hybrid materials. The SWNTs can conduct charge to and from the encapsulated guest molecules, allowing electrical access to >90% of the encapsulated redox species. Furthermore, the SWNT hosts provide a physical barrier, protecting the POMs from chemical degradation during charging/discharging and facilitating efficient electron transfer throughout the composite, even in electrolytes that usually destroy POMs.
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- Jack W Jordan
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK
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- GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK
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