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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018

Lifetime dynamics of plasmons in the few-atom limit.

Kyle D Chapkin, Luca Bursi, Grant J Stec, Adam Lauchner, Nathaniel J Hogan, Yao Cui, Peter Nordlander, Naomi J Halas

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  1. Polaritonic quantum matter.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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  7. Hybridization of singular plasmons via transformation optics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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8 authors.

Kyle D ChapkinDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Luca BursiLaboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Grant J StecLaboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Adam LauchnerDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Nathaniel J HoganDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Yao CuiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Peter NordlanderDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0002-1633-2937
Naomi J HalasDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005; halas@rice.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules are essentially graphene in the subnanometer limit, typically consisting of 50 or fewer atoms. With the addition or removal of a single electron, these molecules can support molecular plasmon (collective) resonances in the visible region of the spectrum. Here, we probe the plasmon dynamics in these quantum systems by measuring the excited-state lifetime of three negatively charged PAH molecules: anthanthrene, benzo[ghi]perylene, and perylene. In contrast to the molecules in their neutral state, these three systems exhibit far more rapid decay dynamics due to the deexcitation of multiple electron-hole pairs through molecular plasmon "dephasing" and vibrational relaxation. This study provides a look into the distinction between collective and single-electron excitation dynamics in the purely quantum limit and introduces a conceptual framework with which to visualize molecular plasmon decay.

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excited-state dynamicslifetimemolecular plasmonsplasmonicityplasmonics

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PMID30150399
PMCPMC6140484

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