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We analyze the properties of electron-phonon couplings in K3Picene by exploiting a molecular orbital representation derived in the maximally localized Wannier function formalism. This allows us to go beyond the analysis done in Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 137006 (2011), and separate not only the intra- and intermolecular phonon contributions but also the local and non-local electronic states in the electron-phonon matrix elements. Despite the molecular nature of the crystal, we find that the purely molecular contributions (Holstein-like couplings where the local deformation potential is coupled to intramolecular phonons) account for only 20% of the total electron-phonon interaction lambda. In particular, the Holstein-like contributions to lambda in K3Picene are four times smaller than those computed for an isolated neutral molecule, as they are strongly screened by the metallic bands of the doped crystal. Our findings invalidate the use of molecular electron-phonon calculations to estimate the total electron-phonon coupling in metallic picene, and possibly in other doped metallic molecular crystals. The major contribution (80%) to lambda in K3Picene comes from non-local couplings due to

Author

Casula, Michele; Calandra, Matteo; Mauri, Francesco

Published

2012

Language

EN