Driving chemical reactions with polariton condensates

Sindhana Pannir-Sivajothi, Jorge A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo, Luis A. Martínez-Martínez, Shubham Sinha and Joel Yuen-Zhou ()
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Sindhana Pannir-Sivajothi: University of California San Diego
Jorge A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo: University of California San Diego
Luis A. Martínez-Martínez: University of California San Diego
Shubham Sinha: University of California San Diego
Joel Yuen-Zhou: University of California San Diego

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract When molecular transitions strongly couple to photon modes, they form hybrid light-matter modes called polaritons. Collective vibrational strong coupling is a promising avenue for control of chemistry, but this can be deterred by the large number of quasi-degenerate dark modes. The macroscopic occupation of a single polariton mode by excitations, as observed in Bose-Einstein condensation, offers promise for overcoming this issue. Here we theoretically investigate the effect of vibrational polariton condensation on the kinetics of electron transfer processes. Compared with excitation with infrared laser sources, the vibrational polariton condensate changes the reaction yield significantly at room temperature due to additional channels with reduced activation barriers resulting from the large accumulation of energy in the lower polariton, and the many modes available for energy redistribution during the reaction. Our results offer tantalizing opportunities to use condensates for driving chemical reactions, kinetically bypassing usual constraints of fast intramolecular vibrational redistribution in condensed phase.

Date: 2022
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