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Thermal Stability and Interlayer Exchange Processes in Heterolayers of TiOPc and PTCDA on Ag(1 1 1)

Thermal Stability and Interlayer Exchange Processes in Heterolayers of TiOPc and PTCDA on Ag(1 1 1)

S Thussing, L Fernández, P Jakob

J Phys Condens Matter. 2019 Apr 3;31(13):134002.

PMID: 30625431

Abstract:

Organic-organic interfaces, in particular donor-acceptor type heterointerfaces, represent central elements of organic electronic devices. Understanding and controlling their physical properties is key to improve and modify their performance. For this purpose we have investigated the structural properties and thermal evolution of molecular heterointerface model systems. Specifically, various stacked titanyl-phthalocyanine (TiOPc)-3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA) heterolayers grown on Ag(1 1 1) have been examined using Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy and spot-profile analysis low-energy electron diffraction. An accurate description of the thermal evolution and prevalence of the various phases of TiOPc and PTCDA is derived from the spectral signatures of the two molecular species explored in previous studies. Exceptionally high thermal stability is found for stacked heterolayers comprising TiOPc double layers with characteristic up-down arrangement of its axial Ti-O unit and single layers of PTCDA. Thereby, interlayer exchange is negligible in a wide temperature range ([Formula: see text] K). This is ascribed to attractive intermolecular interaction (dipole-dipole interaction, hydrogen bonding) among the TiOPc molecules oriented face-to-face within the TiOPc bilayer sheet. Stacked layers of comprising single layers of TiOPc and of PTCDA turn out to be thermally much less stable and more heterogeneous. In the course of their thermal evolution, a number of processes such as interlayer exchange, TiOPc double-layer formation and dewetting are encountered.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS77284	Titanyl phthalocyanine, type I			Price

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