Epitaxial growth of copper phthalocyanine monolayers on Ag(111)

Controlled Reorientation of CuPc Molecules in Ordered Structures Assembled on the TiO2(011)‐(2×1) Surface

“…Phase I is dominated by the ordered molecular stripes running along the surface rows (see Figure 2 c). The planar stacking molecules within the stripes are slightly rotated (by approximately 108) to minimize the intermolecular interactions similarly to previously observed rotation in ordered CuPc layers on several different metallic and semiconducting substrates [on graphite, [14] VOPc on Au(111), [15] CuPc on graphite and alkane adlayer, [16] on Cu(111), [17] on Au(111) [18][19][20] ]. The neighboring molecular chains are separated by approximately 2.7 nm, that is, a triple surface unit cell dimension.…”

Designing a New Two‐Dimensional Molecular Layout by Hydrogen Bonding

“…Similar interactions have been reported for other MPc molecule films deposited on metallic surfaces. [9][10][11] The calculated molecular cohesive energies for P2 and P3 are respectively 12.5 and 16.4 kJ per mole. The different intermolecular electronic contacts involved in these molecular arrangements are represented in Figure 3.…”

Quantum confinement and anisotropy in thin-film molecular semiconductors

“…Copper-and iron-phthalocyanines (CuPc and FePc), depicted in Figure 1A, were epitaxially grown on an atomically smooth surface of Ag(111), prepared by (Ar + ) sputtering and annealing. Ordered layers were grown epitaxially on a Ag substrate held at 300K 12,13 . In agreement with previous literature reports, a highly ordered and uniform single molecular layer formed after annealing a multilayer film up to 580K for 30 minutes followed by cooling to a base temperature of 130K…”