Journal article
Thermodynamics of molecules strongly coupled to the vacuum field
A Canaguier-Durand, E Devaux, J George, Y Pang, JA Hutchison, T Schwartz, C Genet, N Wilhelms, JM Lehn, TW Ebbesen
Angewandte Chemie International Edition | Published : 2013
Abstract
The thermodynamics of strong coupling between molecules and the vacuum field is analyzed and the Gibbs free energy, the enthalpy, and entropy of the coupling process are determined for the first time. The thermodynamic parameters are a function of the Rabi splitting and the microscopic solvation. The results provide a new framework for understanding light-molecule strong coupling. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Grants
Awarded by ERC
Awarded by ANR (Equipex "Union")
Funding Acknowledgements
The support of the ERC (Grant no. 227557) and the ANR (Equipex "Union", ANR-10-EQPX-52-01) is gratefully acknowledged.