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Structural studies of lanthanide phthalocyanines by high-resolution electron microscopy
1Laboratory of Atomic Imaging of Solids, Institute of Metal Research, Academia Sinica, Shenyang, People's Republic of China.
Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Epitaxial films of lanthanide phthalocyanines (LnPc2H, Ln = Nd, Tb, Er, Tm, Yb, or Lu) formed on a KCl or NaCl crystal have been studied by means of high-resolution electron microscopy. These complexes are isomorphous and have both tetragonal and base-centered orthorhombic structures. Though radiation damage makes it difficult to study these beam-sensitive materials by electron microscopy, the behaviors of thin film growth and details of structural defects can still be identified at the molecular level.