Ultra-fast intramolecular vibronic coupling revealed by RIXS and RPES maps of an aromatic adsorbate on TiO2(110)

O'Shea, James N.; Handrup, Karsten; Temperton, Robert H.; Gibson, Andrew J.; Nicolaou, Alessandro; Jaouen, Nicolas; Taylor, John B.; Mayor, Louise C.; Swarbrick, Janine C.; Schnadt, Joachim

Abstract

Two-dimensional resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) and resonant photoelectron spectroscopy (RPES) maps are presented for multilayer and monolayer coverages of an aromatic molecule (bi-isonicotinic acid) on the rutile TiO2(110) single crystal surface. The data reveals ultra-fast intramolecular vibronic coupling upon core-excitation from the N 1s orbital into the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) derived resonance. In the RIXS measurements this results in the splitting of the participator decay channel into a purely elastic line which disperses linearly with excitation energy, and a vibronic coupling channel at constant emission energy. In the RPES measurements the vibronic coupling results in a linear shift in binding energy of the participator channel as the excitation is tuned over the LUMO-derived resonance. Localisation of the vibrations on the molecule on the femtosecond timescale results in predominantly inelastic scattering from the core-excited state in both the physisorbed multilayer and the chemisorbed monolayer.

Citation

O'Shea, J. N., Handrup, K., Temperton, R. H., Gibson, A. J., Nicolaou, A., Jaouen, N., Taylor, J. B., Mayor, L. C., Swarbrick, J. C., & Schnadt, J. (2018). Ultra-fast intramolecular vibronic coupling revealed by RIXS and RPES maps of an aromatic adsorbate on TiO2(110). Journal of Chemical Physics, 148(20), Article 204705. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024862

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 10, 2018
• Online Publication Date: May 29, 2018
• Publication Date: May 29, 2018
• Deposit Date: May 14, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: May 29, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Chemical Physics
• Print ISSN: 0021-9606
• Electronic ISSN: 1089-7690
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 148
• Issue: 20
• Article Number: 204705
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024862
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/931603
• Publisher URL: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5024862
• Contract Date: May 14, 2018