Ultrafast electron transfer at the interface of gold nanoparticles and methylene blue molecular adsorbates

• DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02568j
• Publication Date: 2022-07-01T22:20:57Z
• Authors: Dillon Contreras; Joie M. Yuson; Zeynep E. Eroglu; Pouya Bahrami; Hoda Sadeghi Hada...; Abdelaziz Boulesbaa
• Keywords: Methylene blue; Methylene; Interface (matter)

Femtosecond transient absorption measurements indicate that the transfer of plasmonic electrons from gold nanospheres to methylene blue molecular adsorbates happens on a sub-50 fs time-scale.