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P. Grutter
STM as a Tool to Understand the Electronic Properties of Molecules
Peter Grutter
Physics Department
McGill University
Part of SPM lecture series in 534A ‘Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’
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Outline
• Motivation and Intro
• History of tunneling
• STM and STS theory
• Wires
• Molecules
• Chemically and atomically defined contacts
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History
Binnig and Rohrer obtained the Nobel prize in 1986 for the discovery of the STM
First STM
But: 1972!
Topografiner
System very similar to today’s STM, but atomic resolution was not achieved
30 A vertical, 4000 A lateral resolution
How does it work?
• Tunneling current between tip and sample
I ~ (V/s) exp (- A√φ*s)
Tunneling current• Exponential dependence on distance
I ~ (V/s) exp (- Aφ1/2s)
“Proof of concept”
March 18th, 1981
Binnig et al, APL 1982
Very sensitive to gap size!
First STM image
• Binnig et al. 1982, PRL• First atomic resolution image of the Si (111) 7x7
reconstruction
Tip preparation• Tip must be as sharp and narrow as possible
Chemically etched or mechanically cut.
Tip effects
The shape of the tip may affect the image
-More than one tip
-“flat” or irregular shape
-Structure change during scan
Scan resolution
STM Large Range
Comparable (or better) to most techniques
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Operation of an STM1,2
[1] C. Julian Chen, Introduction to Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy, Oxford (1993)[2] G.A.D. Briggs and A. J. Fisher, Surf. Sci. Rep. 33, 1 (1999)
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Current theoretical modelsTheoretical methods:
Landauer formula or Keldysh non-equilibrium Green’s functions 1-4
Transfer Hamiltonian methods5
Methods based on the properties of the sample surface alone6
[1] R. Landauer, Philos. Mag. 21, 863 (1970)
M. Buettiker et. al. Phys. Rev. B 31, 6207 (1985)
[2] L. V. Keldysh, Zh. Eksp. Theor. Fiz. 47, 1515 (1964)
[3] C. Caroli et al. J. Phys. C 4, 916 (1971)
[4] T. E. Feuchtwang, Phys. Rev. B 10, 4121 (1974)
[5] J. Bardeen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 6, 57 (1961)
[6] J. Tersoff and D. R. Hamann, Phys. Rev. B 31, 805 (1985)
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Landauer formula for the STM1,2
[1] Y. Meir and N. S. Wingreen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 2512 (1992)[2] A.A. Abrikosov, L.P. Gorkov and I.E. Dzyaloshinski, Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics, Dover, NY (1975)[3] M. Buettiker et al. Phys. Rev. B 31, 6207 (1985)
The tunnel current for non-interacting electrons3:
)],(),([),(2
)( 00 eVEfEfVETdEh
eVI RRLL
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Transfer Hamiltonian method1,2
[1] J. Pendry et al. J. Phys. Condens Matter 3, 4313 (1991)[2] J. Julian Chen, Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Oxford (1993) pp. 65 - 69
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4
2
0
2
S
eV
FTFs
Sdm
M
MEEEeVEdEe
I
M…overlap of wavefunctions (--> resolution!)
…. DOS ( --> spectroscopy !)
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Bardeen approach1,2
EE
dSm
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s
2
,
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tip
sample
[1] C.J. Chen, Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Oxford Univ. Press (1993)[2] W.A. Hofer and J. Redinger, Surf. Sci. 447, 51 (2000)
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Tunneling Current
)exp( zAVI
…. Workfunction, typically 3-5 eV
z….. Tip-sample separation, typically 4-10 A
z = 1 A --> I one one order of magnitude !
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Small V approximation!
Simmon’s equation (Simmon, 1963)
Fowler-Nordheim regime (V>>
)exp( zAVI
)/exp(2 VconstVIMeasure log I vs log V -> resonances!
Resolution due to exp dependence! (not so on metals -> later)
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Unknown/Challenges:
1. Chemical nature of STM tip (problem for spectroscopy, corrugation)
2. Relaxation of tip/surface atoms (tip sample separation not equal to piezo scale)
3. Effect of tip potential on electronic
surface structure (quenching of surface states)
4. Influence of magnetic properties
on tunnelling current/surface corrugation (is spin-STM possible?)
5. Relative importance of the effects
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1. Chemical nature of the tip1
[1] P. Varga and M. Schmid, Appl. Surf. Sci. 141, 287 (1999)
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Model of the STM tip1,2,3
Number of layers: 7Free standing film
Numerical method: DFT Relaxations: VASP [1]Electronic structure: FLEUR [2]
Lattice constant: 6.016 au (GGA)Exchange/correlation: PW91[3]
Brillouin-zone sampling: 10 k-pointsConvergence parameter: < 0.01 e/au3
[1] G. Kresse and J. Hafner, Phys. Rev. B 47, R558 (1993)[2] Ph. Kurz et al. J. Appl. Phys. 87, 6101 (2000)[3] J. P. Perdew et al. Phys. Rev. B 46, 6671 (1992)
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Electronic properties of the tip:non-magnetic tip models
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Chemical contrast on PtRh(100)1,2
[1] P.T. Wouda et al. Surf. Sci. 359, 17 (1996)[2] P. Varga and M. Schmid Appl. Surf. Sci. 141, 287 (1999)
Experiments: 22 pm contrastSimulations: interval EF +/- 80 meV
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2. The influence of forces in STM scans1
[1] W.A. Hofer, A.J. Fisher, R.A. Wolkow, and P. Grutter, Phys. Rev. Lett 87, 236104 (2001)[2] G. Cross, A. Schirmeisen, P. Grutter, U. Durig, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4685 (1998)
Force measurement on Au(111)2 Simulation of forces:
Simulation: VASPGGA: PW914x4x1 k-points
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Tip relaxation effects
W tip on Au(111) surfaceThe force on the apex atom isone order of magnitude higherthan forces in the second layer
Substantial Relaxations occur only in a distance range below 5ASubstantial Relaxations occur only in a distance range below 5A
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Tip relaxation effects
Hofer, Fisher, Wolkow and Grutter Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 236104 (2001)W tip on Au(111) surface
The real distance is at variance with the piezoscale by as much as 2AThe real distance is at variance with the piezoscale by as much as 2AThe surplus current due to relaxations is about 100% per AThe surplus current due to relaxations is about 100% per A
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Corrugation enhancement
STM simulation: bSCAN Bias voltage: - 100mVEnergy interval: +/- 100meVCurrent contour: 5.1 nA
Due to relaxation effects in the low distance regime the corrugation of the Au(111) surface is enhanced by about 10-15 pm1
[1] V. M. Hallmark et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 2879 (1987)
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3. Change of electronic surface properties1
[1] W.A. Hofer, J. Redinger, A. Biedermann, and P. Varga, Surf. Sci. Lett. 466, L795 (2000)[2] V. L. Moruzzi et al. Phys. Rev. B 15, 6671 (1977)
System: Fe(100) bcc latticeDFT calculation: FLEURLattice constant: 2.78 A
LDA: Moruzzi et al [2]No of k-points: 36
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Quenching of surface states
Simulation of quenching: distance dependent reduction of the occupationnumber of single Kohn-Sham states of the surface, 2nd order polynomial
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5. Importance of different effects
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Tunneling Spectroscopy (cartoon version)
Elastic: linear I-V Inelastic: non-linear I-V
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Tunneling Spectroscopies
• I(V) at constant z or variable z
• dI/dV at constant z or constant average I
• d (log I)/dz (barrier height measurement)
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Tunneling Spectroscopy: an example
Hyrogen on SiC surface: goes from insulator -> conductor
Derycke et al., Nature Mater. 2, 253 (2003)
UPS
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Geometric and Electronic Properties of Molecules I
P. Weiss et al., Science 271, 1705 (1996)
Y. Sun, H. Mortensen, F.
Mathieu, P. Grutter (McGill)
Porphrin on Au(111)
Alkane thiols
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Geometric and Electronic Properties of Molecules II
J. Mativietsky, S. Burke, Y.Sun, S. Fostner, R. Hoffmann, P. Grutter
C60 on Au(111)
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Single-Molecule Vibrational Spectroscopy and Microscopy
B.C. Stipe, M.A. Rezaei, W. Ho Science 280, 1733 (1998)
25 averages, 2 minutes per spectrum
= 4.2% (1-2)
= 3.3% (3, different molecule)
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Single-Molecule Vibrational Spectroscopy and Microscopy
B.C. Stipe, M.A. Rezaei, W. Ho Science 280, 1733 (1998)
C2H2 and C2D2 comparison
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Geometric and Electronic Properties of Nanowires I
Whitman et al, PRL 66, 1338 (1991)0.3 ML Cs on GaAs
and InSb (fig. C)
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Geometric and Electronic Properties of Nanowires II
Ohbuchi and Nogami, PRB 66, 165323 (2003)
0.36 ML Ho on Si, 400 nm image
Anisotropic lattice mismatch --> wires. Are they conductive?
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Geometric and Electronic Properties of Nanowires III
Evans and Nogami, PRB 59, 7644 (1999)
0.04 ML In on Si(001), 14 nm image
However: In wires are NOT conductive !
Nogami, Surf. Rev. & Letters, 6, 1067 (1999)
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Defined, reproducible, understandable I-V of molecules
Chemically reliable contact
Cui et al. Nanotechnology 13, 5 (2002), Science 294, 571 (2001)
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Other spectroscopies of molecules: may the force be with you
Ch. Joachim and J. Gimzewski, Chem. Phys. Lett 265, 353 (1997)
Experimental variation o f the conductance of C60 modulated by Vin (t). The time variation o f the voltage Vz piezo applied to the piezoelectric actuator is shown as a dashed line and the experimental C60(t) conductance response as a solid line.
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Interpretation of C60 amplifier
Ch. Joachim and J. Gimzewski, Proc. IEEE 86, 184 (1998)
Calculated variations of surface resistance of C60 on Au(110) as a function of applied force
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STM/STS and conductivity
So So
if STM/STS is so powerful if STM/STS is so powerful
- can we use it to determine the conductivity - can we use it to determine the conductivity of molecules???of molecules???
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‘Traditional’: infinite, structureless leads -> periodic boundary conditions.
but:
- result depends on lead size!
- bias not possible due to periodic boundary condition!
Calculating Conductance
Jellium lead Jellium leadmolecule
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Calculation of electrical transport
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)( 00 eVEfEfVETdEh
eVI RRLL
O f t e n o n e a s s u m e s t h a t T i s n o t a f u n c t i o n o f V , i . e . :
)(),( ETVET
a n d s t i c k s a l l t h e V d e p e n d e n c e i n t o t h e F e r m if u n c t i o n f
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ab-initio modelling of electronic transport
lead
Hong Guo’s research group, McGill Physics
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DFT plus non-equilibrium Green’s Functions
J. Taylor, H. Guo , J. Wang, PRB 63, R121104 (2001)
1. Calculate long, perfect lead.
Apply external potential V by shifting energy levels
-> create electrode data base and get potential right
lead
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2. Solve Poisson equation for middle part
(device plus a bit of leads); match wavefunctions
and potential as a function of V to leads
(use data base) in real space.
3. calculated with non-equilibrium Green’s functions (necessary as this is an open system). This automatically takes care of bound states
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STM/STS and conductivity• STM measures DOS(EFermi)
• DOS related to conductivity
• BUT: how does the tunneling current couple to molecular conductivity?– Very indirect:
• function of – DOS, E (where does potential drop off?)– symmetry/coupling (electrode vs. complex molecule)– k vector (lateral vs. perpendicular conductivity)– internal transport mechanism (tunneling, hopping, ballistic)
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So is SPM useful in molecular electronics?
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Molecular electronics: the issues
• Contacts• Structure-function
relationship between transport process and molecular structure
• Dissipation
• Crosstalk (interconnects)
• Architecture • I-O with a trillion
processors• Fault tolerance• Manufacturing costs
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Does atomic structure of the contact matter?
YES !
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Does atomic structure of the contact matter?
Mehrez, Wlasenko, et al, Phys. Rev. B 65, 195419 (2002)
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Electronic Properties of Molecules: Requirements
R. Reifenberger
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Low-T UHV STM/AFM/FIM
140K,
10-11mbar
quick change between
FIM - AFM/STM mode
Stalder, Ph.D. Thesis 1995
Cross et al. PRL 80, 4685 (1998)
Schirmeisen et al. NJP 2, 29.1 (2000)
Sun, Lucier, Mortensen, Schaer
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Field Ion Microscopy
(FIM)
E. Muller, 1950’s
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FIM of W(111) tip
Imaging at 5.0 kV
A. Schirmeisen,
G. Cross,
A. Stalder,
U. Durig
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FIM of W(111) tip
Imaging at 5.0 kV
Manipulating at 6.0 kV
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FIM of W(111) tip
Imaging at 5.0 kV
Manipulating at 6.0 kV
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FIM of W(111) tip
Imaging at 5.0 kV
Manipulating at 6.0 kV
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Single Au atom on W(111) tip
Imaged at 2.1 KV
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Anne-Sophie Lucier
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W(111) tip on Au(111)
Cross et al.
PRL 80, 4685 (1998)
Schirmeisen et al,
NJP 2, 29.1 (2000)
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W(111) trimer tip on Au(111)
Ead = 21 eV
= 0.2 nm
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations
U. Landman et al, Science 248, 454 (1990)
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Force and Current vs. Distance
Sun et al, subm. PRL
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Making contact
2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
Fo
rce
[nN
]
Tip-Sample Separation [Å]
10
100
1000
Cu
rren
t [n
A]
elastic
C2
~±0.2Å
~±0.2Å
C1
~0.1G0,50mVbias
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8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 -2.010-4
10-3
10-2
10-1
100
101
102
103
104
Cu
rren
t [n
A]
Tip-Sample Separation [Å]
Work Function vs. Apparent Barrier Height
Hofer, Fisher, Wolkow, Grutter, Phys.Rev. Lett., 87, 2001, 236104
Ze~ 0.4eV
~ 4.5eV
~9.4eV
ÅW tip-Au surface
dlnI/dz=-(2m)1/2/ħ 1/2
=0.95(dlnI/dz)2
I[nA] and Z[Å]
Vbias=0.05V
Vbias=0.1V
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Atomic Structure Matters
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -30
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Without relaxation
Atop site
Hollow site
W(111) tip, Au(111) surface
Ap
pa
ren
t Ba
rrie
r H
eig
ht [
eV
]
Tip-sample Separation [Å]
W.A. Hofer, U. of Liverpool, unpublished
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Major Conclusions:• Forces cannot be neglected!
– Different decay lengths -> non-local, non-uniform!
– Substantial (nN)
– Major relaxation effects
• Point of contact determined both electronically and mechanically: they are identical to within measurement error.
• W an atomically very robust electrode material.
• In tunneling regime: modeling in quantitative agreement with experiment.
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Beware of PowerPoint Engineering
or Cartoon Physics!!!
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Storing information atom by atom
• Ultra high density (library of congress on a pin head)
• Ultra slow (needs life time of universe to write)
• Huge footprint (UHV 4K STM)
D. Eigler, IBM Almaden
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Conductance via dissipation imaging?
Stowe et al., APL 75, 2785 (1999)
Denk and Pohl, JAP 59, 2171 (1991)
zyx
stx VCvP
222
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Summary
• Tools, both experimental and theoretical, drive our capabilities to understand the nanoworld!
• STM spectroscopy very powerful, but big challenge to extract conductivity.
• STM and AFM have only started to make an impact in the field of nanoelectronics.