{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Smit R"],"funding":["Dutch Research Council (NWO)"],"pagination":["7960"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10693553"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Single fluorescent molecules embedded in the bulk of host crystals have proven to be sensitive probes of the dynamics in their nano environment, thanks to their narrow (about 30-50 MHz or 0.1-0.2 μeV) optical linewidth of the 0-0 zero-phonon line (0-0 ZPL) at cryogenic temperatures. However, the optical linewidths of the 0-0 ZPL have been found to increase dramatically as the single molecules are located closer to a surface or interface, while no 0-0 ZPL has been detected for single molecules on any surface. Here we study single terrylene molecules adsorbed on the surface of hexagonal boron-nitride (hBN) substrates. Our low-temperature results show that it is possible to observe the 0-0 ZPL of fluorescent molecules on a surface. We compare our results for molecules deposited on the surfaces of annealed and non-annealed hBN flakes and we see a marked improvement in the spectral stability of the emitters after annealing."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Sharp zero-phonon lines of single organic molecules on a hexagonal boron-nitride surface."],"pmcid":["PMC10693553"],"funding_grant_id":["Spinoza premie Orrit"],"pubmed_authors":["Smit R","Tebyani A","van der Molen SJ","Orrit M","Hameury J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Sharp zero-phonon lines of single organic molecules on a hexagonal boron-nitride surface.","description":"Single fluorescent molecules embedded in the bulk of host crystals have proven to be sensitive probes of the dynamics in their nano environment, thanks to their narrow (about 30-50 MHz or 0.1-0.2 μeV) optical linewidth of the 0-0 zero-phonon line (0-0 ZPL) at cryogenic temperatures. However, the optical linewidths of the 0-0 ZPL have been found to increase dramatically as the single molecules are located closer to a surface or interface, while no 0-0 ZPL has been detected for single molecules on any surface. Here we study single terrylene molecules adsorbed on the surface of hexagonal boron-nitride (hBN) substrates. Our low-temperature results show that it is possible to observe the 0-0 ZPL of fluorescent molecules on a surface. We compare our results for molecules deposited on the surfaces of annealed and non-annealed hBN flakes and we see a marked improvement in the spectral stability of the emitters after annealing.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Dec","modification":"2025-05-29T21:46:51.11Z","creation":"2025-02-19T01:17:27.058Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10693553","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38042826"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-023-42865-4"]}}