Plasmonic Temperature-Programmed Desorption
Journal article, 2021

Temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) allows for the determination of the bonding strength and coverage of molecular mono- or multilayers on a surface and is widely used in surface science. In its traditional form using a mass spectrometric readout, this information is derived indirectly by analysis of resulting desorption peaks. This is problematic because the mass spectrometer signal not only originates from the sample surface but also potentially from other surfaces in the measurement chamber. As a complementary alternative, we introduce plasmonic TPD, which directly measures the surface coverage of molecular species adsorbed on metal nanoparticles at ultrahigh vacuum conditions. Using the examples of methanol and benzene on Au nanoparticle surfaces, the method can resolve all relevant features in the submonolayer and multilayer regimes. Furthermore, it enables the study of two types of nanoparticles simultaneously, which is challenging in a traditional TPD experiment, as we demonstrate specifically for Au and Ag.

nanoparticles

temperature-programmed desorption

plasmonic sensing

molecules

metals

adsorption

Author

Colin Murphy

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Ferry Anggoro Ardy Nugroho

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Hanna Härelind

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Lars Hellberg

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Christoph Langhammer

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Nano Letters

1530-6984 (ISSN) 1530-6992 (eISSN)

Vol. 21 1 353-359

Subject Categories

Analytical Chemistry

Materials Chemistry

Other Chemistry Topics

DOI

10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03733

PubMed

33337897

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2/24/2021