Our article “Ultrafast Formation of Jahn–Teller Polarons Revealed by State-Selective Excitation in Correlated Spinel Co3O4” is published in the Journal of American Chemical Society (JACS) and featured on the journal cover. In this work, we unravel the ultrafast formation of Jahn–Teller polarons in spinel Co3O4 with microscopic detail. Observing the individual steps of this process enables the engineering of local properties in transition metal oxides using tailored light pulses that activate site-specific Jahn–Teller distortions.
Laboratory for Ultrafast X-ray and Electron Microscopy
Department of Physics
University of Pavia
Via Agostino Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, PV