Optically and thermally induced molecular switching processes at metal surfaces

P Tegeder - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Using light to control the switching of functional properties of surface-bound species is an
attractive strategy for the development of new technologies with possible applications in …

Unfolding spinor wave functions and expectation values of general operators: Introducing the unfolding-density operator

PVC Medeiros, SS Tsirkin, S Stafström, J Björk - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We show that the spectral weights W m K ⃗ (k ⃗) used for the unfolding of two-component
spinor eigenstates| ψ m K ⃗ SC〉=| α〉| ψ m K ⃗ SC, α〉+| β〉| ψ m K ⃗ SC, β〉 can be …

Heteromolecular metal–organic interfaces: electronic and structural fingerprints of chemical bonding

B Stadtmüller, S Schröder, C Kumpf - Journal of electron spectroscopy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Beside the fact that they attract highest interest in the field of organic electronics,
heteromolecular structures adsorbed on metal surfaces, in particular donor–acceptor …

Infrared vibrational nanocrystallography and nanoimaging

EA Muller, B Pollard, HA Bechtel, P van Blerkom… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Molecular solids and polymers can form low-symmetry crystal structures that exhibit
anisotropic electron and ion mobility in engineered devices or biological systems. The …

Strong signature of electron-vibration coupling in molecules on Ag (111) triggered by tip-gated discharging

C Li, C Kaspar, P Zhou, JC Liu, O Chahib… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electron-vibration coupling is of critical importance for the development of molecular
electronics, spintronics, and quantum technologies, as it affects transport properties and spin …

Momentum-selective orbital hybridisation

X Yang, M Jugovac, G Zamborlini, V Feyer… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
When a molecule interacts chemically with a metal surface, the orbitals of the molecule
hybridise with metal states to form the new eigenstates of the coupled system. Spatial …

Model potential for the description of metal/organic interface states

N Armbrust, F Schiller, J Güdde, U Höfer - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
We present an analytical one-dimensional model potential for the description of electronic
interface states that form at the interface between a metal surface and flat-lying adlayers of π …

Nanoscale periodic trapping sites for interlayer excitons built by deformable molecular crystal on 2D crystal

K Rijal, S Amos, P Valencia-Acuna, F Rudayni… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The nanoscale moiré pattern formed at 2D transition-metal dichalcogenide crystal (TMDC)
heterostructures provides periodic trapping sites for excitons, which is essential for realizing …

Ultrafast exciton dynamics and charge transfer at PTCDA/metal interfaces

K Stallberg, A Namgalies, S Chatterjee… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The functionality of organic electronic devices is governed by the dynamics of charge
carriers and excited states in organic semiconductors. In particular, the relaxation of excitons …

Metal/phthalocyanine hybrid interface states on Ag (111)

BW Caplins, DE Suich, AJ Shearer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A phthalocyanine/Ag (111) interface state is observed for the first time using time-and angle-
resolved two-photon photoemission. For monolayer films of metal-free (H2Pc) and iron …