Tracking polarons in real space by STM/AFM
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0288242" target="_blank" >10.1063/5.0288242</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Tracking polarons in real space by STM/AFM
Original language description
While the concept of polaron was formulated almost a century ago, this topic has been gradually emerging in many fields in physics, chemistry, and materials science. Polarons, i.e., charge carriers that are spatially confined by electron-phonon coupling, affect various properties of materials and devices. While we mostly deduce their properties indirectly from macroscopic characteristics of materials, it is appealing to observe these localized charge carriers in real space. Such experimental inputs could directly answer fundamental questions, as well as provide precise quantitative information about the polaron physics. In this perspective, we discuss seminal works focused on real-space imaging of polarons by scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy, summarize the opportunities emerging from such experiments, highlight both the technical and fundamental challenges that remain, and provide an outlook on future directions and open questions in the field.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Applied Physics Letters
ISSN
0003-6951
e-ISSN
1077-3118
Volume of the periodical
127
Issue of the periodical within the volume
14
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
140502
UT code for WoS article
001591254600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105018303197