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Single-molecule spectroscopy

Playing electron ping-pong with the excited states of a single molecule

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A complex experiment based on atomic force microscopy provides the quantitative energy-level diagram of a single molecule.

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Fig. 1: Submolecular pump–probe pulse spectroscopy based on single-electron transfer with a conductive atomic force microscope (AFM) tip.

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Mönig, H. Playing electron ping-pong with the excited states of a single molecule. Nat. Nanotechnol. 20, 6–7 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01776-1

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