# Time-resolved imaging and analysis of the electron beam-induced formation of an open-cage metallo-azafullerene

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2023-10-05T05:34:48.766839Z

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2024-01-05T13:12:51.325536Z

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## Doi

https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.4241

## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01261-7

## Date published

2023-06-29

## Recorded date published

2023-10

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## Title

- title: Time-resolved imaging and analysis of the electron beam-induced formation
    of an open-cage metallo-azafullerene
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: The bottom-up synthesis of strained hollow cage structures, such as
    fullerenes, using traditional thermal or photochemical methods remains one of
    the most challenging tasks in organic chemistry. Here, we demonstrate the synthetic
    use of an electron beam by in-depth single-molecule atomic resolution time-resolved
    transmission electron microscopy studies to induce the formation of a doubly-holed
    fullerene-porphyrin cage structure from a well-defined benzoporphyrin precursor
    deposited on graphene. Through real-time imaging, we analyze the hybrid’s peculiar
    ability to host up to two Pb atoms and subsequently gain insights into the dynamics
    of the Pb–Pb binding motif in this exotic organometallic cage structure. With
    the help of density functional theory calculations and image simulations, we identify
    two central mechanisms responsible for the molecular transformations. Importantly,
    not only the fast primary electrons appear to induce chemical reactions, but also
    the much slower secondary electrons, which accumulate in the periphery of the
    irradiated area.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: eng

## Creator

- name: Helen Hoelzel
  role: author
- name: Sol Lee
  role: author
- name: Konstantin Yu. Amsharov
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- name: Norbert Jux
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- name: Koji Harano
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6800-8023
  organization: National Institute for Materials Science
  ror: https://ror.org/026v1ze26
- name: Eiichi Nakamura
  role: author
- name: Dominik Lungerich
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organization: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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- subject: molecular imaging
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- subject: radiation chemistry
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- subject: cinematic chemistry
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- subject: single-molecule dynamics
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- subject: DFT-modeling
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- subject: transmission electron microscopy
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## Embargo

start_date: 2023-06-29
end_date: 2023-12-29

## Journal

- title: Nature Chemistry
  issn: '17554349'
  volume: '15'
  start_page: 1444
  end_page: 1451

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