Switching in Copper-Phthalocyanine Films

Spin Exchange Interaction in Substituted Copper Phthalocyanine Crystalline Thin Films

The origins of spin exchange in crystalline thin films of Copper Octabutoxy Phthalocyanine (Cu-OBPc) are investigated using Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy. These studies are made possible by a solution deposition technique which produces highly ordered films with macroscopic grain sizes suitable for optical studies. For temperatures lower than 2 K, the contribution of a specific...

The Anisotropic Dielectric Function for Copper Phthalocyanine Thin Films

Copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) thin films were prepared by organic molecular beam deposition (OMBD) in high vacuum and ultra-high vacuum on passivated Si(111) using β-phase CuPc as source material. The substrates were kept at room temperature during the deposition. The IR peak positions indicate that the films consist mainly of α-phase CuPc, while the relative intensities suggest that the films a...

Optical Properties of Copper Phthalocyanine(CuPc)Thin Films

Electron transport properties in fluorinated copper-phthalocyanine films: importance of vibrational reorganization energy and molecular microstructure.

Electron transport (ET) properties of a series of fluorinated copper-phthalocyanine (F(16)CuPc) thin films, which were deposited at different substrate temperatures (T(sub)) ranging from 30 to 150 degrees C, have been investigated by quantum mechanical calculations of the reorganization energy (lambda(reorg)), X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and microRaman spectroscopy. ...

Optical Studies in Magnesium Phthalocyanine, Iron Phthalocyanine and Zinc Phthalocyanine Thin Films

Spectral studies of metal phthalocyanines are invaluable in the understanding of the electronic processes in phthalocyanines. The electronic overlap between the centrally substituted metal ion and the phthalocyanine ring can be observed from charge transfer (CT) transition between the central metal ion and the phthalocyanine ligand and point to extensive coupling between the two electronic syst...