Vibrational Exciton and Polaron Nano-imaging: New Functional Nano-Imaging for Molecular Electronic, Photonic, and Photovoltaic Materials
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Properties and functions of molecular materials often emerge from intermolecular interactions and associated nanoscale structure and morphology. However, conventional microscopy techniques lack sensitivity to the low-energy scales of intermolecular interactions, carrier-phonon coupling, and polaron formation leaving a missing link between material structure and observed heterogeneity in the electronic or photonic response. We address this outstanding problem in several novel combinations of spatio-spectral and spatio-temporal infrared nano-imaging. |
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2023
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2023-07
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Microscopy and Microanalysis
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29
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568-568
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