Bias-Polarity Dependent Electroluminescence from a Single Platinum Phthalocyanine Molecule

By using scanning tunneling microscope induced luminescence(STML)technique,we investigate systematically the bias-polarity dependent electroluminescence behavior of a single platinum phthalocyanine(PtPc)molecule and the electron excitation mechanisms behind.The molecule is found to emit light at both bias polarities but with different emission energies.At negative excitation bias,only the fluorescence at 637 nm is observed,which originates from the LUMOtHOMO transition of the neutral PtPc molecule and exhibits stepwise-like increase in emission intensities over three different excitation-voltage regions.Strong fluorescence in region(I)is excited by the carrier injection mechanism with holes injected into the HOMO state first;moderate fluorescence in region(II)is excited by the inelastic electron scattering mechanism;and weak fluorescence in region(III)is associated with an up-conversion process and excited by a combined carrier injection and inelastic electron scattering mechanism involving a spintriplet relay state.At positive excitation bias,more-than-one emission peaks are observed and the excitation and emission mechanisms become complicated.The sharp moleculespecific emission peak at〜911 nm is attributed to the anionic emission of PtPc-originated from the LUMO+1 tLUMO transition,whose excitation is dominated by a carrier injection mechanism with electrons first injected into the LUMO+1 or higher-lying empty orbitals.

Nodeless superconductivity in a quasi-two-dimensional superconductor AuTe2Se(4/3)

We performed ultra-low temperature thermal conductivity measurements on the single crystal of a new gold-based quasi-two-dimensional superconductor Au Te2Se（4/3）, which has a superconducting transition temperature Tc = 2.70 K. A negligible residual linear term κ0/T in zero magnetic field is observed, which suggests fully gapped superconducting state.Furthermore, the field dependence of κ0/T is similar to that of the multi-band s-wave superconductor Ba Fe1.9 Ni0.1 As2 at low field. These results reveal multiple nodeless superconducting gaps in this interesting quasi-two-dimensional superconductor with Berezinsky–Kosterlitz–Thouless topological transition.

Site-Dependent TERS Study of a Porphyrin Molecule on Ag(100) at 7 K

Single-molecule tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy(TERS)has emerged as an important technique for structural analysis at sub-molecular scale.Here in this work,we report a TERS study of an isolated free-base porphyrin molecule adsorbed on the Ag(100)surface at cryogenic temperature(~7 K).Site-dependent TERS spectra reveal distinct local vibrational information for the chemical constituents within a single molecule.Moreover,distinct spatial features among different Raman peaks can be resolved from the TERS mapping images.These images are found to associate with related vibrational modes,enabling to resolve the mode associated with N-H bonds at the sub-nanometer level.This study will provide deep insights into the symmetry of adsorption configurations and local vibrational information within a single molecule.