Interplay of bias-driven charging and the vibrational Stark effect in molecular junctions
arXiv:1605.03021 · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04340
Abstract
We observe large, reversible, bias driven changes in the vibrational energies of PCBM, based on simultaneous transport and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) measurements on PCBM-gold junctions. A combination of linear and quadratic shifts in vibrational energies with voltage is analyzed and compared with similar measurements involving C60-gold junctions. A theoretical model based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggests that both a vibrational Stark effect and bias-induced charging of the junction contribute to the shifts in vibrational energies. In the PCBM case, a linear vibrational Stark effect is observed due to the permanent electric dipole moment of PCBM. The vibrational Stark shifts shown here for PCBM junctions are comparable to or larger than the charging effects that dominate in C60 junctions.
arXiv comment16 pages, 4 figures
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