Charge-state dependent vibrational relaxation in a single-molecule junction
arXiv:2202.12682 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.207702
Abstract
The interplay between nuclear and electronic degrees of freedom strongly influences molecular charge transport. Herein, we report on transport through a porphyrin dimer molecule, weakly coupled to graphene electrodes, that displays sequential tunneling within the Coulomb-blockade regime. The sequential transport is initiated by current-induced phonon absorption and proceeds by rapid sequential transport via a non-equilibrium vibrational distribution. We demonstrate this is possible only when the vibrational dissipation is slow relative to sequential tunneling rates, and obtain a lower bound for the vibrational relaxation time of 8 ns, a value that is dependent on the molecular charge state.
8 pages, 7 figures
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