Probing intramolecular vibronic coupling through vibronic-state imaging

Fan-Fang Kong; Xiao-Jun Tian; Yang Zhang; Yun-Jie Yu; Shi-Hao Jing; Yao Zhang; Guang-Jun Tian; Yi Luo; Jin-Long Yang; Zhen-Chao Dong; J. G. Hou

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21571-z

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Probing intramolecular vibronic coupling through vibronic-state imaging

Fan-Fang Kong,
Xiao-Jun Tian,
Yang Zhang,
Yun-Jie Yu,
Shi-Hao Jing,
Yao Zhang,
Guang-Jun Tian,
Yi Luo,
Jin-Long Yang,
Zhen-Chao Dong,
J. G. Hou

Affiliations

Fan-Fang Kong: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Xiao-Jun Tian: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Yang Zhang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Yun-Jie Yu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Shi-Hao Jing: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Yao Zhang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Guang-Jun Tian: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology & Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University
Yi Luo: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Jin-Long Yang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhen-Chao Dong: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
J. G. Hou: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21571-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Vibronic coupling is a key feature of molecular electronic transitions, but its visualization in real space is an experimental challenge. Here the authors, using scanning tunneling microscopy induced luminescence, resolve the effect of vibronic coupling with different modes on the electron distributions in real space in a single pentacene molecule.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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