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Since electronic properties of molecular materials are closely related to their structural order a precise control of the molecular packing and crystalline orientation of thin films is of vital interest for an optimization of organic electronic devices. Of particular interest in this respect is the initial stage of film formation which is largely governed by the interplay of intermolecular and molecule-substrate interactions. One approach to control the molecular film structure is based on substrate mediated growth. In this respect we have studied structural properties of thin films of pentacene, pentacene-5,7,12,14-tetrone and perfluoro-pentacene which were grown onto various substrates including metals, metal oxides and graphite. On metal surfaces the molecules initially form a chemisorbed monolayer where molecules even can be uniformly aligned when using appropriate substrates with twofold symmetry. Further deposition, however, is accompanied by a pronounced dewetting and formation of disjoined islands which results from a large structural mismatch between the molecular arrangement in the monolayer and the crystalline phase. In some cases it is possible to orient such islands by utilizing step mediated nucleation and decoration of step bunches which allows the preparation of azimuthally well oriented elongated islands. On single crystalline oxides
the growth parallels the situation found before for SiO2 where islands of upright oriented molecules are formed. The growth on graphite is somewhat particular since the lattice provides a natural template for acenes yielding epitaxially ordered monolayer films with planar adsorption geometry like in case of metals. Interestingly, however, no dewetting occurs upon further growth and instead rather smooth films are formed.
The detailed analysis for the case of pentacene showed that the substrate-molecule interaction actually is weaker than the intermolecular interaction so that multilayer films can lift the lowermost layer and thus reduce the misfit to the bulk structure. By combining these results with findings from earlier works we try to identify some general tendencies for the growth of such organic films including also the influence of substrate roughness on the resulting film structures.
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Created: 2010Issued: 2010-10-13Updated: 2011-08-10
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Fachbereich Physik
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
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Chemisorption/physisorption: adsorbates on surfacesPentacene derivativesMultilayersOrganic semiconductorThin film structure and morphology (for methods of thin film deposition, film growth and epitaxy, see 81.15.-z)Physical properties of thin films, nonelectronicMicroscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin filmsOrganic solidsLayer growthStructuring
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Organischer HalbleiterPentacenderivateSchichtwachstumStrukturierungOrganischer Festkörper
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Götzen, Jan: Templateffekte bei der Strukturierung organischer Halbleiterfilme. : Philipps-Universität Marburg 2010-10-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/z2010.0558.
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