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Measuring Level Alignment at the Metal–Molecule Interface by In Situ Electrochemical 13 C NMR
Author(s) -
Li Ying,
Zelakiewicz Brian S.,
Allison Thomas C.,
Tong YuYe J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201402889
Subject(s) - electrochemistry , molecule , in situ , metal , atomic orbital , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , molecular orbital , spectroscopy , fermi level , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , electrode , stereochemistry , physics , electron , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
A new technique to measure energy‐level alignment at a metal–molecule interface between the Fermi level of the metal and the frontier orbitals of the molecule is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The method, which combines the electrochemistry of organo‐ligand‐stabilized Au nanoparticles with 13 C NMR spectroscopy (i.e. in situ electrochemical NMR), enables measuring both occupied and unoccupied states.