The presence of noncovalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding with solvent molecules can affect how organic molecules interact with nanostructured metal surfaces in significant ways.  Nitrogen-containing conjugated molecules are extremely sensitive to such interactions and exhibit partial charge transfer with both metal surfaces and with hydrogen-bonded water networks in a competitive fashion.  Here, this competition is discussed in the context of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) experiments and in energy-related device applications.<br/>

Competitive partial charge transfer interactions with hydrogen-bonded solvent networks

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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