Photoinduced polarization inversion in a polymeric molecule

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Mar 27;84(13):2830-2. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2830.

Abstract

The polymeric molecule can exhibit a new photoinduced phenomenon where the electric dipole of the molecule with a bipolaron is reversed by absorbing one photon. This photoinduced polarization inversion occurred in a single molecule is an ultrafast process with a relaxation time of 200 fs.