Sub-cycle atomic-scale forces coherently control a single-molecule switch

D Peller, LZ Kastner, T Buchner, C Roelcke, F Albrecht… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Scanning probe techniques can leverage atomically precise forces to sculpt matter at
surfaces, atom by atom. These forces have been applied quasi-statically to create surface …

Periodic one-dimensional single-atom arrays

L Wang, J Wang, X Gao, C Chen, Y Da… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The orderly assembly of single atoms into highly periodic aggregates at the nanoscale is an
intriguing but challenging process of high-precision atomic manufacturing. Here, we …

Single-molecule laser nanospectroscopy with micro–electron volt energy resolution

H Imada, M Imai-Imada, K Miwa, H Yamane, T Iwasa… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Ways to characterize and control excited states at the single-molecule and atomic levels are
needed to exploit excitation-triggered energy-conversion processes. Here, we present a …

Charge-state lifetimes of single molecules on few monolayers of NaCl

K Kaiser, LA Lieske, J Repp, L Gross - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
In molecular tunnel junctions, where the molecule is decoupled from the electrodes by few-
monolayers-thin insulating layers, resonant charge transport takes place by sequential …

Real-space investigation of energy transfer in heterogeneous molecular dimers

H Imada, K Miwa, M Imai-Imada, S Kawahara… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Given its central role in photosynthesis,,, and artificial energy-harvesting devices,,, energy
transfer has been widely studied using optical spectroscopy to monitor excitation dynamics …

Orbital-resolved visualization of single-molecule photocurrent channels

M Imai-Imada, H Imada, K Miwa, Y Tanaka, K Kimura… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Given its central role in utilizing light energy, photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from an
excited molecule has been widely studied,,,,–. However, even though microscopic …

Spin-triplet-mediated up-conversion and crossover behavior in single-molecule electroluminescence

G Chen, Y Luo, H Gao, J Jiang, Y Yu, L Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
Scanning-tunneling-microscope-induced light emission serves as a powerful approach in
revealing and manipulating the optical properties of molecular species, intermolecular …

Character of electronic states in the transport gap of molecules on surfaces

A Grewal, CC Leon, K Kuhnke, K Kern… - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report on scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) topographs of individual metal
phthalocyanines (MPc) on a thin salt (NaCl) film adsorbed on a gold substrate, at tunneling …

Plasmon-driven motion of an individual molecule

TC Hung, B Kiraly, JH Strik, AA Khajetoorians… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that nanocavity plasmons generated a few nanometers away from a
molecule can induce molecular motion. For this, we study the well-known rapid shuttling …

Charge carrier injection electroluminescence with CO-functionalized tips on single molecular emitters

J Dolezal, P Merino, J Redondo, L Ondic, A Cahlik… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We investigate electroluminescence of single molecular emitters on NaCl on Ag (111) and
Au (111) with submolecular resolution in a low-temperature scanning probe microscope with …