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ArticleNature communications2026

Theoretical prediction for monitoring Jahn-Teller vibrational evolution using real-space tip-enhanced Raman imaging.

Hai-Zhen Yu, Rui-Lin Han, Dingwei Chu, Yuanzhi Li, Xiao-Ru Dong, Yang Zhang, Li Wang, Yuzhi Song, Chuan-Kui Wang, Zhen Xie and 1 more

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Hai-Zhen YuShandong Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing Technology, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China.
Rui-Lin HanSchool of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
Dingwei ChuShandong Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing Technology, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China.
Yuanzhi LiShandong Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing Technology, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China.
Xiao-Ru DongHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.
Yang ZhangSchool of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0118-8717
Li WangShandong Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing Technology, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China.
Yuzhi SongShandong Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing Technology, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2971-2824
Chuan-Kui WangShandong Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing Technology, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China.
Zhen XieShandong Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing Technology, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China. xiezhen@sdnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3383-8080
Sai DuanState Key Laboratory of Porous Materials for Separation and Conversion, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Research Center for Chemical Theory, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China. duansai@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3282-0711

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Abstract

The Jahn-Teller effect (JTE) reduces the geometrical symmetry of a system with degenerate electronic states via vibronic coupling, playing a pivotal role in molecular and condensed systems. However, due to the intrinsic limitations of conventional techniques, only the electronic evolution in JTE can be measured. Herein, we theoretically propose that vibrational resolved tip-enhanced Raman scattering images can visualize the vibrational evolutions in JTE in real space. Taking an experimentally accessible single zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) molecule as a proof-of-principle example, not only the degenerate vibrational splitting but also the overlooked vibration mixing caused by the JTE in its anionic form can be characterized by Raman images. Leveraging Raman images, the controllable configuration of JTE distortion with partial isotopic substitution can be further identified. These findings establish a practical protocol to monitor the detailed vibrational evolutions when a single molecule experiences JTE, providing a pathway for visualization of spontaneous symmetry breaking in molecular and solid-state systems.

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