Unraveling the dynamics of multiple excited states in a single-molecule transistor
Hao Zhang, Lijue Chen, Ziheng Yuan, Jingyu Yang, Yu Zhou, Yixuan Gao, Zhixin Qiu, Wei Xu, Zhexiong Zheng, Cankun Zhang, Haojie Liu, Kai-Qiang Lin, Ye Yang, Jing Li, Junyang Liu, Shixuan Du, Wenjing Hong · 2026
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Hao Zhang's team resolved excited-state motion in a single-molecule device, in a 2026 study. Charge transport through single molecules reveals linked quantum states for tiny devices, but sorting out excited-state motion needed both high time and energy detail at once. The team used fast conductance tests on a single-molecule radical junction.
Singlet and triplet states, bridged by doublet states, joined transport within about 150 ns, mapped in both time and energy domains. Transient peak spots shifted by up to about 440 milli-electron volts over hundreds of ns, matching a dynamic shift at the molecule-contact junction. The work clarifies many-body effects in molecular circuits.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hao Zhang, Lijue Chen, Ziheng Yuan, Jingyu Yang, Yu Zhou, Yixuan Gao, Zhixin Qiu, Wei Xu, Zhexiong Zheng, Cankun Zhang, Haojie Liu, Kai-Qiang Lin, Ye Yang, Jing Li, Junyang Liu, Shixuan Du, Wenjing Hong |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |