Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Plasmon-Driven ChargeTransfer Aids Selective NonthermalVibrational Excitation in Nitrobenzenethiol on Silver Nanoparticles:Insights from Embedded Correlated Wavefunction Calculations

Abstract In plasmonic photocatalysis, a commonly invoked reaction enhancement mechanism is the excitation of a metal-to-molecule charge transfer state, resulting in transient-ion formation. Once accessed, a transient-ion state leads to changes in the molecular geometry that can l...