Local heating and Raman thermometry in a single molecule

Authors: Qiushi Meng, Junxian Zhang, Yao Zhang, Weizhe Chu, Wenjie Mao, Yang Zhang, Jinlong Yang, Yi Luo, Zhenchao Dong, J. G. Hou

Published: 2024-01-17

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl1015

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Abstract

Because of the nonequilibrium nature of thermal effects at the nanoscale, the characterization of local thermal effects within a single molecule is highly challenging. Here, we demonstrate a way to characterize the local thermal properties of a single fullerene (C