Electrical and optical properties of thermally-evaporated thin films from A 2 [TiO(C 2 O 4 ) 2 ] (A = K, PPh 4 ) and 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone

E. Carbia-Ruelas, M. E. Sánchez-Vergara, V. García-Montalvo, O. G. Morales-Saavedra, J. R. Álvarez-Bada

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Abstract

In this work, the synthesis of molecular materials formed from A 2 [TiO(C 2 O 4 ) 2 ] (A = K, PPh4) and 1,8 dihydroxyanthraquinone is reported. The synthesized materials were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), infrared (IR) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. IR spectroscopy showed that the molecular-material thin-films, deposited by vacuum thermal evaporation, exhibit the same intra-molecular vibration modes as the starting powders, which suggests that the thermal evaporation process does not alter the initial chemical structures. Electrical transport properties were studied by dc conductivity measurements. The electrical activation energies of the complexes, which were in the range of 0.003-1.16 eV, were calculated from Arrhenius plots. Optical absorption studies in the wavelength range of 190-1090 nm at room temperature showed that the optical band gaps of the thin films were around 1.9-2.3 eV for direct transitions Eg d . The cubic NLO effects were substantially enhanced for materials synthesized from K 2 [TiO(C 2 O 4 ) 2 ], where χ (3) (-3ω; ω, ω, ω) values in the promising range of 10 -12 esu have been evaluated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3313-3319
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume257
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2011

Keywords

  • Electrical properties
  • NLO-effect
  • Optical properties
  • Thin films

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