The strong coupling of an IR-active molecular transition with an optical mode of the cavity results in vibrational polaritons, which opens a new way to control chemical reactivity via confined electromagnetic fields of the cavity. In this study, we design a voltage-tunable open microcavity and we show the formation of multiple vibrational polaritons in methyl salicylate. A Rabi splitting and polariton anticrossing behavior is observed when the cavity mode hybridizes with the C═O stretching vibration of methyl salicylate. Furthermore, the proposed theoretical model based on coupled harmonic oscillators reveals that the absorption of uncoupled molecules must also be considered to model the experimental spectra properly and that simultaneous coupling of multiple molecular vibrations to the same cavity mode has a significant influence on the transmission spectral profile.
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J Insect Sci
January 2025
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA USA.
The granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky), and the black stem borer, Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) are important pests in ornamental nurseries in the eastern USA. These beetles are managed mainly using preventative trunk applications of pyrethroids, such as permethrin or bifenthrin when females typically fly out of woodlots and attack young trees in the spring. Verbenone and methyl salicylate are potential phytochemicals reported as repellants but not completely validated in ornamental nurseries for ambrosia beetle management as an alternative option.
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February 2025
College of Horticulture, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. Electronic address:
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