Evidence of exciton-libron coupling in chirally adsorbed single molecules

Jiří Doležal (), Sofia Canola, Prokop Hapala, Rodrigo Cezar Campos Ferreira, Pablo Merino and Martin Švec ()
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Jiří Doležal: Czech Academy of Sciences
Sofia Canola: Czech Academy of Sciences
Prokop Hapala: Czech Academy of Sciences
Rodrigo Cezar Campos Ferreira: Czech Academy of Sciences
Pablo Merino: CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra
Martin Švec: Czech Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Interplay between motion of nuclei and excitations has an important role in molecular photophysics of natural and artificial structures. 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 tip-induced electroluminescence performed with a scanning probe microscope, we identify libronic signatures in spectra of chirally adsorbed phthalocyanines and find that these signatures are absent from spectra of symmetrically adsorbed species. We create a model of the libronic coupling based on the Franck-Condon principle to simulate the spectral features. Experimentally measured librational spectra match very well the theoretically calculated librational eigenenergies and peak intensities (Franck-Condon factors). Moreover, the comparison reveals 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 µeV-resolved tip-enhanced spectroscopy.

Date: 2022
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