Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 15(51), p. 3069-3072, 2015
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc09008j
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Surface plasmons on isolated gold dimers can initiate intermolecular reactions of adsorbed p-nitrothiophenol. At the single molecule level when dimerization is not possible an intramolecular reaction can be observed. Experimental evidence indicates that plasmon-induced hot electrons provide the required activation energy.