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The growth of zinc phthalocyanine thin films by pulsed laser deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2015

Michal Novotný ,
Jakub Šebera ,
Amina Bensalah-Ledoux ,
Stephan Guy ,
Jiří Bulíř ,
Přemysl Fitl ,
Jan Vlček ,
Dominika Zákutná ,
Eva Marešová  and
Pavel Hubík
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Michal Novotný*
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Jakub Šebera
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Amina Bensalah-Ledoux
Affiliation:
Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
Stephan Guy
Affiliation:
Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
Jiří Bulíř
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Přemysl Fitl
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; and Department of Physics, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Jan Vlček
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; and Department of Physics, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Dominika Zákutná
Affiliation:
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic
Eva Marešová
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic; and Department of Physics, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Pavel Hubík
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Irena Kratochvílová
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
Martin Vrňata
Affiliation:
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
Ján Lančok
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: novotnym@fzu.cz
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Abstract

Zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) using KrF laser (λ = 248 nm, τ = 5 ns). The effect of laser fluence (in the region from 10 to 100 mJ/cm2) and repetition rate of 50 and 200 Hz to the film growth and its properties was investigated. The growth of ZnPc thin film was in situ monitored using transmission measurement in ultraviolet-visible spectral range. The optical properties in conjunction with density functional theory/time-dependent density functional theory calculations suggested the growth of the film in β-phase. X-ray diffraction also revealed crystalline character of the film. The electrical properties analyzed by van der Pauw method exhibited resistivity ρ ≈ 108–1010 Ω cm. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analyses revealed low deterioration of PLD deposited ZnPc films. We demonstrate that, by finely tuning the deposition conditions, PLD is a successful technique for fabrication of ZnPc thin films.

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organometallicfilmlaser ablation
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 1: Annual Issue: Early Career Scholars in Materials Science , 14 January 2016 , pp. 163 - 172
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