Abstract:
In this thesis investigations of thin film properties (electronic, stuctural and morphological properties) of several thin films of organic semiconductors are presented and discussed. Diindenoperylene and different metal phthalocyanines were used as organic semiconductors. Thin organic films on single crystals and polycrystalline substrates prepared by organic molecular beam deposition with defined preparation conditions were characterized with several spectroscopic and microscopic methods. Thereby, polarization dependent Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were applied.
Since detailed investigations of both thin film growth and thin film properties of organic semiconductors are relevant, e.g. for the quality of (opto)electronic devices, this field of research is an interesting challenge and an important connector between fundamental research and application-oriented research and development. An important topic is the investigation of the influences of preparation parameters on the thin film properties, e.g. on electronic, structural and morphological properties. In this regard pi-conjugated organic semiconductors are used as reference or model systems.
In the present thesis it was shown that the choice of specific preparation parameters (substrate temperature, organic material, presence of electric fields, film thickness, deposition of metals) can change or control the preferential molecular orientation, the degree of crystallinity, the film morphology and the predominant polymorphic modification in thin films of organic semiconductors.