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Yue-Yi Peng1, Hui Ma1, Wei Ma1
1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
Abstract:
An ultrasensitive photoelectrochemical method for achieving real-time detection of single nanoparticle collision events is presented. Using a micrometer-thick nanoparticulate TiO2 -filmed Au ultra-microelectrode (TiO2 @Au UME), a sub-millisecond photocurrent transient was observed for an individual N719-tagged TiO2 (N719@TiO2 ) nanoparticle and is due to the instantaneous collision process. Owing to a trap-limited electron diffusion process as the rate-limiting step, a random three-dimensional diffusion model was developed to simulate electron transport dynamics in TiO2 film. The combination of theoretical simulation and high-resolution photocurrent measurement allow electron-transfer information of a single N719@TiO2 nanoparticle to be quantified at single-molecule accuracy and the electron diffusivity and the electron-collection efficiency of TiO2 @Au UME to be estimated. This method provides a test for studies of photoinduced electron transfer at the single-nanoparticle level.
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