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Yu, Ping ; Kocić, Nemanja ; Repp, Jascha ; Siegert, Benjamin ; Donarini, Andrea

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 typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review Letters
Publisher:AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Place of Publication:COLLEGE PK
Volume:119
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:5
Page Range:056801
Date1 August 2017
InstitutionsPhysics > 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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10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.056801DOI
KeywordsATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY; PI-CONJUGATED MOLECULES; SINGLE-MOLECULE; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; WORK FUNCTION; CHARGE-STATE; OLIGOTHIOPHENE; INTERFERENCE; CONDUCTANCE; WIRES;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-360739
Item ID36073

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