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Electric Field Controlled Single-Molecule Optical Switch by Through-Space Charge Transfer State
Yanshan Univ, State Key Lab Metastable Mat Sci & Technol, Sch Sci, Qinhuangdao 066004, Hebei, Peoples R China.;Yanshan Univ, Key Lab Microstruct Mat Phys Hebei Prov, Sch Sci, Qinhuangdao 066004, Hebei, Peoples R China..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3915-300X
Yanshan Univ, State Key Lab Metastable Mat Sci & Technol, Sch Sci, Qinhuangdao 066004, Hebei, Peoples R China.;Yanshan Univ, Key Lab Microstruct Mat Phys Hebei Prov, Sch Sci, Qinhuangdao 066004, Hebei, Peoples R China..
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Theoretical Chemistry and Biology. Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei Natl Lab Phys Sci Microscale, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China.;Univ Sci & Technol China, Synerget Innovat Ctr Quantum Informat & Quantum P, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China..
Fudan Univ, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Chem Energy Mat, Shanghai Key Lab Mol Catalysis & Innovat Mat, MOE Key Lab Computat Phys Sci,Dept Chem, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3282-0711
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2021 (English)In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, E-ISSN 1948-7185, Vol. 12, no 37, p. 9094-9099Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Controlling the photon emission property of a single molecule is an important goal for nano-optics. We propose here a new mechanism for a single-molecule optical switch that utilizes the in situ electric field (EF) in biased metallic nanojunctions to control photon emission of molecules with through-space charge transfer (TSCT) excited states. The EF-induced Stark effect is capable of flipping the order of the bright noncharge transfer state and dark TSCT state, resulting in the anticipated switching behavior. The proposed mechanism was theoretically verified by scanning tunneling microscope-induced electroluminescence from a naphtalenediimide cyclophane molecule under experimentally accessible conditions. Simulations show that the proposed switching effect can be obtained by changing either bias polarity, which alters the polarization of the field, or tip-height, which affects the magnitude of the field. Our finding indicates that the in situ EF could play an important role in the design of optoelectronic molecular devices.

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American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2021. Vol. 12, no 37, p. 9094-9099
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-303540DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02578ISI: 000702017200024PubMedID: 34520213Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85116025793OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-303540DiVA, id: diva2:1608470
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