Evidence of trion-libron coupling in chirally adsorbed single molecules

Interplay between motion of nuclei and excited electrons in molecules plays a key role both in biological and artificial nanomachines. Here we provide a detailed analysis of coupling between quantized librational modes (librons) and charged excited states (trions) on single phthalocyanine dyes adsor...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-03
Main Authors: Doležal, Jiří, Canola, Sofia, Prokop Hapala, Rodrigo Cezar de Campos Ferreira, Merino, Pablo, Švec, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coupling (molecular)
Electroluminescence
Excitation
Progressions
Spectra
Spectrum analysis
Trions
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Summary:Interplay between motion of nuclei and excited electrons in molecules plays a key role both in biological and artificial nanomachines. Here we provide a detailed analysis of coupling between quantized librational modes (librons) and charged excited states (trions) on single phthalocyanine dyes adsorbed on a surface. By means of tunnelling electron-induced electroluminescence, we identify libronic progressions on a {\mu}eV energy range in spectra of chirally adsorbed phthalocyanines, which are otherwise absent from spectra of symmetrically adsorbed species. Experimentally measured libronic spectra match very well the theoretically calculated libron eigenenergies and peak intensities (Franck-Condon factors) and reveal an unexpected depopulation channel for the zero libron of the excited state that can be effectively controlled by tuning the size of the nanocavity. Our results showcase the possibility of characterizing the dynamics of molecules by their low-energy molecular modes using {\mu}eV-resolved tip-enhanced spectroscopy.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2203.04077