Light–matter interaction at atomic scales

R Gutzler, M Garg, CR Ast, K Kuhnke, K Kern - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Light–matter interaction drives many systems, such as optoelectronic devices like light-
emitting diodes and solar cells, biological structures like photosystem II and potential future …

Atomic-scale imaging and spectroscopy of electroluminescence at molecular interfaces

K Kuhnke, C Grosse, P Merino, K Kern - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The conversion of electric power to light is an important scientific and technological
challenge. Advanced experimental methods have provided access to explore the relevant …

Tracking the ultrafast motion of a single molecule by femtosecond orbital imaging

TL Cocker, D Peller, P Yu, J Repp, R Huber - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Watching a single molecule move on its intrinsic timescale has been one of the central goals
of modern nanoscience, and calls for measurements that combine ultrafast temporal …

Visualizing coherent intermolecular dipole–dipole coupling in real space

Y Zhang, Y Luo, Y Zhang, YJ Yu, YM Kuang, L Zhang… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Many important energy-transfer and optical processes, in both biological and artificial
systems, depend crucially on excitonic coupling that spans several chromophores,,,,,,,,. Such …

Selective triplet exciton formation in a single molecule

K Kimura, K Miwa, H Imada, M Imai-Imada… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The formation of excitons in organic molecules by charge injection is an essential process in
organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs),,,,,–. According to a simple model based on spin …

Single-molecule laser nanospectroscopy with micro–electron volt energy resolution

H Imada, M Imai-Imada, K Miwa, H Yamane, T Iwasa… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Ways to characterize and control excited states at the single-molecule and atomic levels are
needed to exploit excitation-triggered energy-conversion processes. Here, we present a …

Charge-state lifetimes of single molecules on few monolayers of NaCl

K Kaiser, LA Lieske, J Repp, L Gross - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
In molecular tunnel junctions, where the molecule is decoupled from the electrodes by few-
monolayers-thin insulating layers, resonant charge transport takes place by sequential …

Real-space investigation of energy transfer in heterogeneous molecular dimers

H Imada, K Miwa, M Imai-Imada, S Kawahara… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Given its central role in photosynthesis,,, and artificial energy-harvesting devices,,, energy
transfer has been widely studied using optical spectroscopy to monitor excitation dynamics …

Real-space subfemtosecond imaging of quantum electronic coherences in molecules

M Garg, A Martin-Jimenez, M Pisarra, Y Luo, F Martín… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Tracking electron motion in molecules is the key to understanding and controlling chemical
transformations. Contemporary techniques in attosecond science are able to generate and …

Single-molecule tautomerization tracking through space-and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

B Doppagne, T Neuman, R Soria-Martinez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Tautomerization, the interconversion between two constitutional molecular isomers, is
ubiquitous in nature, plays a major role in chemistry and is perceived as an ideal switch …