Quantum dissipation driven by electron transfer within a single molecule investigated with atomic force microscopy

0539699 - FZÚ 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Berger, Jan - Ondráček, Martin - Stetsovych, Oleksandr - Malý, P. - Holý, Petr - Rybáček, Jiří - Švec, Martin - Stará, Irena G. - Mančal, P. - Starý, Ivo - Jelínek, Pavel
Quantum dissipation driven by electron transfer within a single molecule investigated with atomic force microscopy.
Nature Communications. Roč. 11, č. 1 (2020), s. 1-10, č. článku 1337. E-ISSN 2041-1723
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_019/0000760; GA ČR(CZ) GA18-09914S; GA MŠMT LM2015087
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) AP1601; OP VVV - SOLID21(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000760
Program: Akademická prémie - Praemium Academiae
Institutional support: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:61388963
Keywords : charge-states * AFM * electron transfer
OECD category: Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.); Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.) (UOCHB-X)
Impact factor: 14.919, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15054-w

Intramolecular charge transfer processes play an important role in many biological, chemical and physical processes including photosynthesis, redox chemical reactions and electron transfer in molecular electronics. These charge transfer processes are frequently influenced by the dynamics of their molecular or atomic environments, and they are accompanied with energy dissipation into this environment. The detailed understanding of such processes is fundamental for their control and possible exploitation in future technological applications. Here we build upon the recent progress in scanning probe microscopy, and demonstrate the control of mixed valence state. We report observation of single electron transfer between two ferrocene redox centers within a single molecule and the detection of energy dissipation associated with the single electron transfer.

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