Published March 23, 2015 | Version v1
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Molecular orientation of copper phthalocyanine thin films on different monolayers of fullerene on SiO2 or highly oriented pyrolytic graphite

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)
  • 2. Institute for Super-microstructure and Ultrafast Process in Advanced Materials (ISUPAM), Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083 (China)
  • 3. School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083 (China)
  • 4. Instrumental Analysis Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275 (China)

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The interface electronic structures of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) have been studied using ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy as different monolayers of C60 were inserted between CuPc and a SiO2 or highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) substrate. The results show that CuPc has standing up configuration with one monolayer of C60 insertion on SiO2 while lying down on HOPG, indicating that the insertion layer propagates the CuPc-substrate interaction. Meanwhile, CuPc on more than one monolayers of C60 on different substrates show that the substrate orientation effect quickly vanished. Our study elucidates intriguing molecular interactions that manipulate molecular orientation and donor-acceptor energy level alignment

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
106
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 121603-121603.4
ISSN
0003-6951
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