1. Electrofluorochromism at the single-molecule level
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Michael C. Chong, Guillaume Schull, Fabrice Scheurer, Hervé Bulou, Benjamin Doppagne, Alex Boeglin, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Matériaux et nanosciences d'Alsace (FMNGE), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)
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FOS: Physical sciences ,Insulator (electricity) ,02 engineering and technology ,Electroluminescence ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Oxidation state ,law ,Physics - Chemical Physics ,0103 physical sciences ,Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) ,Molecule ,010306 general physics ,Plasmon ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Multidisciplinary ,Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Fluorescence ,3. Good health ,Radical ion ,Chemical physics ,Scanning tunneling microscope ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
The interplay between the oxidation state and the optical properties of molecules plays a key role for applications in displays, sensors or molecular-based memories. The fundamental mechanisms occurring at the level of a single-molecule have been difficult to probe. We used a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to characterize and control the fluorescence of a single Zn-phthalocyanine radical cation adsorbed on a NaCl-covered Au(111) sample. The neutral and oxidized states of the molecule were identified on the basis of their fluorescence spectra that revealed very different emission energies and vibronic fingerprints. The emission of the charged molecule was controlled by tuning the thickness of the insulator and the plasmons localized at the apex of the STM tip. In addition, sub-nanometric variations of the tip position were used to investigate the charging and electroluminescence mechanisms., 11 pages, 4 figures
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- 2018
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