Vibronic coupling in the valence band photoemission of the ferroelectric copolymer: poly(vinylidene fluoride) (70%) and trifluoroethylene (30%)

Luis G Rosa; Ya B Losovyj; Jaewu Choi; P A Dowben

doi:10.1021/jp044323j

Vibronic coupling in the valence band photoemission of the ferroelectric copolymer: poly(vinylidene fluoride) (70%) and trifluoroethylene (30%)

J Phys Chem B. 2005 Apr 28;109(16):7817-20. doi: 10.1021/jp044323j.

Authors

Luis G Rosa¹, Ya B Losovyj, Jaewu Choi, P A Dowben

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Behlen Laboratory of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0111, USA.

PMID: 16851909
DOI: 10.1021/jp044323j

Abstract

Two different vibrational contributions to the photoemission fine structure of the ferroelectric copolymer poly(vinlylidene fluoride) with trifluoroethylene (CH2-CF2:CHF-CF2, 70%:30%) are identified. The vibrational contributions at the higher photoemission binding energies are associated with two closely placed upsilon(a,s) (CH2) stretching modes while at the smaller photoemission binding energies, the fine structure is due to a delta (CH2) bending mode. The contribution of the delta (CH2) mode to the photoemission fine structure decreases with decreasing temperature. We associate this temperature dependence to the importance of symmetry in vibronic coupling to the photoemission process and increased dipole ordering with decreasing temperature in this organic ferroelectric system.