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Apparent Reversal of Molecular Orbitals Reveals Entanglement
Yu, Ping
, Kocić, Nemanja, Repp, Jascha
, Siegert, Benjamin and Donarini, Andrea
(2017)
Apparent Reversal of Molecular Orbitals Reveals Entanglement.
Physical Review Letters 119 (5), 056801.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 08 Aug 2017 05:56
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.36073
Abstract
The frontier orbital sequence of individual dicyanovinyl-substituted oligothiophene molecules is studied by means of scanning tunneling microscopy. On NaCl/Cud(111), the molecules are neutral, and the two lowest unoccupied molecular states are observed in the expected order of increasing energy. On NaCl/Cud(311), where the molecules are negatively charged, the sequence of two observed molecular ...
The frontier orbital sequence of individual dicyanovinyl-substituted oligothiophene molecules is studied by means of scanning tunneling microscopy. On NaCl/Cud(111), the molecules are neutral, and the two lowest unoccupied molecular states are observed in the expected order of increasing energy. On NaCl/Cud(311), where the molecules are negatively charged, the sequence of two observed molecular orbitals is reversed, such that the one with one more nodal plane appears lower in energy. These experimental results, in open contradiction with a single-particle interpretation, are explained by a manybody theory predicting a strongly entangled doubly charged ground state.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review Letters | ||||
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||
| Volume: | 119 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 5 | ||||
| Page Range: | 056801 | ||||
| Date | 1 August 2017 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Grifoni > Group Milena Grifoni Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Grifoni > Group John Schliemann Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Ferdinand Evers Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Grifoni > Group David Egger Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Group Jascha Repp | ||||
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| Keywords | ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY; PI-CONJUGATED MOLECULES; SINGLE-MOLECULE; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; WORK FUNCTION; CHARGE-STATE; OLIGOTHIOPHENE; INTERFERENCE; CONDUCTANCE; WIRES; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-360739 | ||||
| Item ID | 36073 |
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