Growth and morphology of SnPc films on the S-GaAs(001) surface: a combined XPS, AFM and NEXAFS study

Autor: I.T. McGovern, Javier Méndez, A. R. Vearey-Roberts, S. O’Brien, I Cerrillo, H. J. Steiner, Stephen D. Evans, Gregory Cabailh, D. A. Evans, Justin W. Wells
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Applied Surface Science. 234:131-137
ISSN: 0169-4332
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.05.068
Popis: The morphology and molecular ordering of the organic semiconductor tin phthalocyanine (SnPc) on the sulphur-terminated GaAs(0 0 1) surface have been monitored by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). XPS measurements using synchrotron radiation reveal weak interfacial bonding between the organic molecules and the inorganic semiconductor substrate. The attenuation of XPS core-level peak intensities with increasing organic film thickness suggests a Stranski-Krastanov growth mode, and an island morphology is confirmed by AFM. Although the SnPc clusters do not have specific crystalline facets, NEXAFS spectra show an angle dependence consistent with a molecular orientation close to the surface plane, within the clusters.
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