Real space observation of peroxide-like dimers on a sodium tungsten bronze surface by scanning tunnelling microscopy

Author(s):  
Frances H. Jones ◽  
Kevin H. Rawlings ◽  
John S. Foord ◽  
P. Anthony Cox ◽  
Russell G. Egdell ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Garg ◽  
A. Martin-Jimenez ◽  
M. Pisarra ◽  
Y. Luo ◽  
F. Martín ◽  
...  

AbstractTracking electron motion in molecules is the key to understanding and controlling chemical transformations. Contemporary techniques in attosecond science are able to generate and trace the consequences of this motion in real time, but not in real space. Scanning tunnelling microscopy, on the other hand, can locally probe the valence electron density in molecules, but cannot alone provide dynamical information at this ultrafast timescale. Here we show that, by combining scanning tunnelling microscopy and attosecond technologies, quantum electronic coherences induced in molecules by <6-fs-long carrier-envelope-phase-stable near-infrared laser pulses can be directly visualized at ångström-scale spatial and subfemtosecond temporal resolutions. We demonstrate concurrent real-space and -time imaging of coherences involving the valence orbitals of perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride molecules, and full control over the population of the involved orbitals. This approach opens the way to the unambiguous observation and manipulation of electron dynamics in complex molecular systems.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Wang ◽  
Yu-Qi Wang ◽  
Ya-Chen Feng ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Li-Jun Wan

This review summarizes the applications of scanning tunnelling microscopy in electrocatalysis, including the investigation of the electrocatalyst structures and the surface processes related to electrocatalytic reactions.


1977 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 727-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie A Langell ◽  
Steven L Bernasek

2012 ◽  
Vol 371 ◽  
pp. 012070 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Zan ◽  
U Bangert ◽  
C Muryn ◽  
P Mattocks ◽  
B Hamilton ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 114 (40) ◽  
pp. 17036-17041 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Grinter ◽  
Roslinda Ithnin ◽  
Chi L. Pang ◽  
Geoff Thornton

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