Beebe, J.
, Moore, H.
, Lee, T.
and Kushmerick, J.
(2008),
Vibronic Coupling in Semi-Fluorinated Alkanethiol Junctions: Implications for Selection Rules in Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy, Nano Letters
(Accessed April 19, 2024)
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
Vibronic Coupling in Semi-Fluorinated Alkanethiol Junctions: Implications for Selection Rules in Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
Published
Author(s)
, H J. Moore, T R. Lee,
Abstract
Determining the selection rules for the interaction of tunneling charge carriers with molecular vibrational modes is important for a complete understanding of charge transport in molecular electronic junctions. Here, we report the low-temperature charge transport characteristics for junctions formed from hexadecanethiol molecules having varying degrees of fluorination. Our results demonstrate that C-F vibrations are not observed in inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS). Because C-F vibrations are almost purely dipole transitions, the insensitivity to fluorine substitution implies that Raman modes are preferred over infrared modes. Further, the lack of attenuation of the C-H vibrational modes with fluorine substitution suggests that either the scattering cross section is not an additive quantity or the physical position of a vibrational mode within the junction influences whether the transition is observed in IETS.Citation
Nano Letters
Pub Type
Journals
Citation
Created October 16, 2008