Visualization of molecular packing and tilting domains and interface effects in tetracene thin films on H/Si(001)

Tersigni, Andrew; Sadowski, Jerzy T.; Qin, Xiao-Rong

doi:10.1002/pssb.201600777

Title: Visualization of molecular packing and tilting domains and interface effects in tetracene thin films on H/Si(001)

Journal Article · Mon Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physica Status Solidi B. Basic Solid State Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201600777· OSTI ID:1349595

Tersigni, Andrew ^[1]; Sadowski, Jerzy T. ^[2]; Qin, Xiao-Rong ^[1]

Univ. of Guelph, ON (Canada). Guelph-Waterloo Physics Inst., Dept. of Physics
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

Visualizing molecular crystalline domains and influence of substrate defects are important in understanding the charge transport in organic thin film devices. Vacuum evaporated tetracene films of four monolayers on hydrogen-terminated Si(001)-2x1 substrate, as a prototypical system, have been studied with ex situ atomic force microscopy (AFM), transverse shear microscopy (TSM), friction force microscopy (FFM), and low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM). Two differently oriented in-plane lattice domains are found due to the symmetry of the substrate lattice, with no visible azimuthal twist between adjacent molecular layers in surface islands, indicating significant bulk-like crystallization in the film. Meanwhile, two types of subdomains are observed inside of each in-plane lattice domain. The subdomains are anisotropic in shape, and their sizes and distribution are highly influenced by the substrate atomic steps. TSM and FFM measurements indicate that these subdomains result from molecule-tilt orderings within the bulk-like lattice domains. Lastly, TSM evidently shows a sensitivity to probe vertical molecule-tilt anisotropy for the molecular crystals, in addition to its known ability to map the lateral lattice orientations.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1349595

Report Number(s):: BNL-113745-2017-JA; R&D Project: 16083/16083; KC0403020

Journal Information:: Physica Status Solidi B. Basic Solid State Physics, Vol. 254, Issue 7; ISSN 0370-1972

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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