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Templating Effects in the Growth of Metal‐Free Phthalocyanine Polymorphic Double Layers
Author(s) -
Bayliss S. M.,
Heutz S.,
Cloots R.,
Middleton R. L.,
Rumbles G.,
Jones T. S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(200002)12:3<202::aid-adma202>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - phthalocyanine , materials science , layer (electronics) , metal , double layer (biology) , crystallography , chemical physics , nanotechnology , metallurgy , chemistry
The influence of the first molecular layer on the growth and properties of subsequent layers is examined using different polymorphs of metal‐free phthalocyanine (H 2 Pc). It is shown than the first layer acts as a morphological and structural template, as illustrated by the Figure, which is an Normarski image of a β 1 /α polymorphic double layer—characteristic β 1 domains are seen although the top layer is an α film.