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Atomic structure and electronic properties of interfaces formed by perovskite and organic charge transfer materials

Subject Area Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Term from 2018 to 2024
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 415530527
 
Final Report Year 2025

Final Report Abstract

Within the project, thin films of organic molecules on the surfaces of the semiconductors SrTiO3 and silicon were investigated. The focus was thereby on the preparation and investigation of the pure SrTiO3(100) surface, the growth of phthalocyanine films of varying thickness on the investigated surfaces, and the investigation of their structural and electronic properties. As methods mainly scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) were used. The SrTiO3(100) surface was prepared by annealing under ultra-high vacuum conditions. Depending on the heating procedure, different surface structures are formed. Here, a previously not described structure was discovered. The growth of organic films was investigated on the SrTiO3(100)(√5×√5)R26.6° surface, the Si(111)(√3×√3)R30°-B surface (Si:B), and the Si(111)(4×1)-In surface. For cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) molecules on Si:B, it was shown that the growth behavior changes with coverage. At low coverages, the molecules adsorb flat-lying on the surface, forming a chemical bond. The hybridization states could be detected by STS and XPS. At higher coverages, however, the electronic properties of the films resemble those of pure CoPc crystals. on the metallic Si(111)(4×1)-In, the growth of highly ordered CoPc monolayers was demonstrate.

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