Thermal with Electronic Excitation for the Unidirectional Rotation of a Molecule on a Surface. Au-Yeung, K. H., Sarkar, S., Kühne, T., Aiboudi, O., Ryndyk, D. A., Robles, R., Lissel, F., Lorente, N., Joachim, C., & Moresco, F. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(34):16989–16994, August, 2023.
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Exploring the limits of the microscopic reversibility principle, we investigated the interplay between thermal and electron tunneling excitations for the unidirectional rotation of a molecule-rotor on the Au(111) surface. We identified a range of moderate voltages and temperatures where heating the surface enhances the unidirectional rotational rate of a chemisorbed DMNI-P rotor. At higher voltage, inelastic tunneling effects dominate, while at higher temperature, the process becomes stochastic. At each electron transfer event during tunneling, the quantum mixing of ground and excited electronic states brings part of the surface thermal energy in the excited electronic states of the molecule-rotor. Thermal energy contributes therefore to the semiclassical unidirectional rotation without contradicting the microscopic reversibility principle.
@article{au-yeung_thermal_2023,
	title = {Thermal with {Electronic} {Excitation} for the {Unidirectional} {Rotation} of a {Molecule} on a {Surface}},
	volume = {127},
	issn = {1932-7447},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04990},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04990},
	abstract = {Exploring the limits of the microscopic reversibility principle, we investigated the interplay between thermal and electron tunneling excitations for the unidirectional rotation of a molecule-rotor on the Au(111) surface. We identified a range of moderate voltages and temperatures where heating the surface enhances the unidirectional rotational rate of a chemisorbed DMNI-P rotor. At higher voltage, inelastic tunneling effects dominate, while at higher temperature, the process becomes stochastic. At each electron transfer event during tunneling, the quantum mixing of ground and excited electronic states brings part of the surface thermal energy in the excited electronic states of the molecule-rotor. Thermal energy contributes therefore to the semiclassical unidirectional rotation without contradicting the microscopic reversibility principle.},
	number = {34},
	urldate = {2024-08-29},
	journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry C},
	author = {Au-Yeung, Kwan Ho and Sarkar, Suchetana and Kühne, Tim and Aiboudi, Oumaima and Ryndyk, Dmitry A. and Robles, Roberto and Lissel, Franziska and Lorente, Nicolas and Joachim, Christian and Moresco, Francesca},
	month = aug,
	year = {2023},
	pages = {16989--16994},
}

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