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| Format: | Preprint |
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2026
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10838 |
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- Null points in synthetically tunable molecular aggregates are predicted to generate flat energy bands analogous to those known in strongly correlated condensed-matter physics. For chemistry, null points provide a powerful design principle for photovoltaic materials with selective charge filtering similar to photosynthesis. However, null points have never been experimentally verified because their defining prediction - state localization with selective electron or hole transfer - has remained unobserved. Here, using a donor-acceptor dyad as a minimal model, we provide the first experimental observation of a null point. Impulsive pump-probe measurements reveal charge separation through a near-instantaneously generated locally excited-charge transfer (LE-CT) intermediate that emerges upon solvent stabilization of CT states. Polarization anisotropy directly reveals state localization and selective charge-filtering, spanning balanced electron-hole transfer to selective hole filtering consistent with synthetic design. A generalized vibronic theory of null points explains these observations and identifies the ideal synthetic parameters for achieving null points which are protected from the vibrational bath.