Atomic-scale coupling of photons to single-molecule junctions

SW Wu, N Ogawa, W Ho - Science, 2006 - science.org
Spatial resolution at the atomic scale has been achieved in the coupling of light to single
molecules adsorbed on a surface. Electron transfer to a single molecule induced by green to …

Picometer-scale electronic control of molecular dynamics inside a single molecule

M Lastapis, M Martin, D Riedel, L Hellner, G Comtet… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Tunneling electrons from a low-temperature (5 kelvin) scanning tunneling microscope were
used to control, through resonant electronic excitation, the molecular dynamics of an …

Photon emission at molecular resolution induced by a scanning tunneling microscope

R Berndt, R Gaisch, JK Gimzewski, B Reihl… - Science, 1993 - science.org
The tip-surface region of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) emits light when the
energy of the tunneling electrons is sufficient to excite luminescent processes. These …

Inducing and viewing the rotational motion of a single molecule

BC Stipe, MA Rezaei, W Ho - Science, 1998 - science.org
Tunneling electrons from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope were used to induce
and monitor the reversible rotation of single molecules of molecular oxygen among three …

Two-photon-induced hot-electron transfer to a single molecule in a scanning tunneling microscope

SW Wu, W Ho - Physical Review B, 2010 - APS
The junction of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) operating in the tunneling regime
was irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses. A photoexcited hot electron in the STM tip …

Ultrafast photon-induced tunneling microscopy

M Garg, A Martin-Jimenez, Y Luo, K Kern - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Unification of the techniques of ultrafast science and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
has the potential of tracking electronic motion in molecules simultaneously in real space and …

Two-electron dissociation of single molecules by atomic manipulation at room temperature

PA Sloan, RE Palmer - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Using the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) to mechanically manipulate
individual atoms and molecules on a surface is now a well established procedure,. Similarly …

Real-space imaging of molecular structure and chemical bonding by single-molecule inelastic tunneling probe

C Chiang, C Xu, Z Han, W Ho - Science, 2014 - science.org
The arrangement of atoms and bonds in a molecule influences its physical and chemical
properties. The scanning tunneling microscope can provide electronic and vibrational …

Single-molecule chemistry

W Ho - The Journal of chemical physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
The ability to probe individual atoms and molecules have made it possible to reveal
properties which otherwise would be hidden in the study of an ensemble of atoms and …

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 …