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Chin. Phys. B, 2020, Vol. 29(7): 076801    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab8da2
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Tuning the alignment of pentacene on copper substrate by annealing-assistant surface functionalization

Qiao-Jun Cao(曹巧君)1, Shuang Wen(温爽)1, Hai-Peng Xie(谢海鹏)2, Bi-Yun Shi(施碧云)1, Qun Wang(王群)1, Cong-Rong Lu(卢从蓉)1, Yongli Gao(高永利)3, Wei-Dong Dou(窦卫东)1
1 Laboratory of Low-dimensional Carbon Materials and Department of Physics, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing 312000, China;
2 Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Abstract  Controlling the alignment and packing structure of organic molecules on solid substrate surfaces at molecule level is essential to develop high-performance organic thin film (OTF) devices. Pentacene, which is a typical p-type semiconductor material usually adopts lying-down geometry on metal substrates owning to π-d coupling between pentacene and metal substrates. However, in this study, we found that pentacene molecules can be adsorbed on an anneal-treated Cu (111) surface with their long axis perpendicular to substrate surface. Highly ordered single-layer pentacene film with stand-up molecular geometry was achieved on this substrate. It was found that the functionalization of Cu surface with C=O groups due to annealing treatment should be accounted for standing-up geometry of pentacene on Cu substrate. This observation shed light on the tuning of the alignment and packing structure of organic molecules.
Keywords:  ultra-thin film      molecular alignment      metal substrate      interfacial tuning  
Received:  15 February 2020      Revised:  05 April 2020      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  68.37.-d (Microscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films)  
  68.55.-a (Thin film structure and morphology)  
  81.15.-z (Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy)  
Fund: Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China (Grant No. LY19F040005) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61474077 and 51802355).
Corresponding Authors:  Wei-Dong Dou     E-mail:  phyth@usx.edu.cn

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Qiao-Jun Cao(曹巧君), Shuang Wen(温爽), Hai-Peng Xie(谢海鹏), Bi-Yun Shi(施碧云), Qun Wang(王群), Cong-Rong Lu(卢从蓉), Yongli Gao(高永利), Wei-Dong Dou(窦卫东) Tuning the alignment of pentacene on copper substrate by annealing-assistant surface functionalization 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 076801

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