Regulating the femtosecond excited-state lifetime of a single molecule.
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| Title: | Regulating the femtosecond excited-state lifetime of a single molecule. |
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| Authors: | Rusimova, K. R., Purkiss, R. M., Howes, R., Lee, F., Crampin, S., Sloan, P. A. |
| Source: | Science (pre-March 2025). 9/7/2018, Vol. 361 Issue 6406, p1012-1016. 5p. 2 Diagrams, 3 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Molecules, Molecular physics, Surface chemistry, Scanning tunneling microscopy, Scanning probe microscopy |
| Abstract: | The key to controlling reactions of molecules induced with the current of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip is the ultrashort intermediate excited ionic state. The initial condition of the excited state is set by the energy and position of the injected current; thereafter, its dynamics determines the reaction outcome. We show that a STM can directly and controllably influence the excited-state dynamics. For the STM-induced desorption of toluene molecules from the Si(111)-7x7 surface, as the tip approaches the molecule, the probability of manipulation drops by two orders of magnitude. A two-channel quenching of the excited state is proposed, consisting of an invariant surface channel and a tip height–dependent channel. We conclude that picometer tip proximity regulates the lifetime of the excited state from 10 femtoseconds to less than 0.1 femtoseconds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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