Excited-state symmetry breaking is an ultrasensitive tool for probing microscopic electric fields

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SC04797D, Edge Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Bogdan Dereka, Nikhil Maroli, Yevgen M. Poronik, Daniel T. Gryko, Alexei A. KananenkaSymmetry-breaking approach exceeds the sensitivity of the vibrational Stark effect. Nitrile groups report on microscopic electric fields without interference from hydrogen-bonding interactions.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry