Peak Broadening in Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Amorphous Polymers: the Leading Role of the Electrostatic Landscape
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| author | Galleni, Laura Meulemans, Arne Sajjadian, Faegheh S. Singh, Dhirendra P. Arvind, Shikhar Dorney, Kevin M. Conard, Thierry D'Avino, Gabriele Pourtois, Geoffrey Escudero, Daniel van Setten, Michiel J. |
| author_facet | Galleni, Laura Meulemans, Arne Sajjadian, Faegheh S. Singh, Dhirendra P. Arvind, Shikhar Dorney, Kevin M. Conard, Thierry D'Avino, Gabriele Pourtois, Geoffrey Escudero, Daniel van Setten, Michiel J. |
| contents | The broadening in photoelectron spectra of polymers can be attributed to several factors, such as light source spread, spectrometer resolution, finite lifetime of the hole state, and solid-state effects. Here, for the first time, we set up a computational protocol to assess the peak broadening induced for both core and valence levels by solid-state effects in four amorphous polymers by using a combination of density functional theory, many-body perturbation theory, and classical polarizable embedding. We show that intrinsic local inhomogeneities in the electrostatic environment induce a Gaussian broadening of $0.2$-$0.7$~eV in the binding energies of both core and semi-valence electrons, corresponding to a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of $0.5$-$1.7$~eV for the investigated systems. The induced broadening is larger in acrylate- than in styrene- based polymers, revealing the crucial role of polar groups in controlling the roughness of the electrostatic landscape in the solid matrix. |
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| spellingShingle | Peak Broadening in Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Amorphous Polymers: the Leading Role of the Electrostatic Landscape Galleni, Laura Meulemans, Arne Sajjadian, Faegheh S. Singh, Dhirendra P. Arvind, Shikhar Dorney, Kevin M. Conard, Thierry D'Avino, Gabriele Pourtois, Geoffrey Escudero, Daniel van Setten, Michiel J. Materials Science Soft Condensed Matter Chemical Physics The broadening in photoelectron spectra of polymers can be attributed to several factors, such as light source spread, spectrometer resolution, finite lifetime of the hole state, and solid-state effects. Here, for the first time, we set up a computational protocol to assess the peak broadening induced for both core and valence levels by solid-state effects in four amorphous polymers by using a combination of density functional theory, many-body perturbation theory, and classical polarizable embedding. We show that intrinsic local inhomogeneities in the electrostatic environment induce a Gaussian broadening of $0.2$-$0.7$~eV in the binding energies of both core and semi-valence electrons, corresponding to a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of $0.5$-$1.7$~eV for the investigated systems. The induced broadening is larger in acrylate- than in styrene- based polymers, revealing the crucial role of polar groups in controlling the roughness of the electrostatic landscape in the solid matrix. |
| title | Peak Broadening in Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Amorphous Polymers: the Leading Role of the Electrostatic Landscape |
| topic | Materials Science Soft Condensed Matter Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05072 |