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ArticleACS nano2025

Resolving Molecular Perturbations Near Undercoordinated Metals.

Alex Poppe, Ishaan Lohia, Margarita Osadchy, Stuart Gibson, Bart de Nijs

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Article in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Alex PoppeSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, U.K.
Ishaan LohiaPhysics for Sustainable Chemistry Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
Margarita OsadchyComputer Science Department, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Stuart GibsonSchool of Engineering, Maths and Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-7981-241X
Bart de NijsPhysics for Sustainable Chemistry Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-8234-723X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal surfaces can act as efficient heterogeneous catalysts, but their underlying mechanisms are often poorly understood. This is due to the highly transient nature of the underpinning interactions occurring at the single-molecule level, making these difficult to resolve by using traditional analysis techniques. Here, we present a methodology to study metal-molecule interactions near undercoordinated binding sites using single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). We demonstrate how machine learning can identify the metal-induced molecular perturbations by recognizing concurrent frequency wandering in vibrational energies, and we compare these peak displacements to extensive DFT modeling to reveal what interactions are occurring. This allows us to resolve how molecules are deformed as they interact with binding sites on metal surfaces. The work provides rare insight into the dynamics and behavior of molecules at catalytically active interfaces and can aid in the rational design of heterogeneous catalysts.

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machine learningmetal nanoparticlepicocavitiesplasmonic nanocavitysingle-molecule SERSsurface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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PMID40402168
PMCPMC12139032

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